The Link between Fertility and Income
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The decision to have a child can be a costly decision. So are there any reasons to believe that economic considerations play a role in deciding to have children? The figure below shows the relationship between fertility (more specifically, the total fertility rate) and gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (measured in 2010 U.S. dollars) across countries in 2000. The total fertility rate is the expected number of births a woman would have over the course of her life. The decreasing relationship between the two variables demonstrates the connection between fertility choices and economic…
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