#birthrate — Public Fediverse posts

Tokyo reverses baby bust with AI matchmaking and generous subsidies

In an exclusive interview with The Straits Times, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike shares the success of her ‘children…
#EuropeSays #Japan #JP #Tokyo #artificialintelligence #asia #birthrate #fertility #TheStraitsTimes
https://www.europesays.com/japan/87829/

💁🏻‍♀️ TIL: A new paper links the 2007 #iPhone launch to declining #US birth rates, finding 4.5-8% drops among 15-19 year olds in areas with early iPhone access.

The researchers suggest #smartphones may reduce in-person socializing while increasing access to #porn and birth control #information. Skeptics note that teen birth rates were already falling since the #1990s.

👉 https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/smartphones-might-be-playing-a-role-in-the-united-states-declining-birth-rate-new-research-suggests-180989129/

#birthrate #demographics #teens #technology #research #economics #middlebury #fertility #screentime #science #nber #statistics

🗨️ Concluding her reflections, CPC-CG member Professor Ann Berrington says: "Success of policies should be based not on whether #fertility increases, but whether individuals are given #reproductive freedom and the ability to achieve their fertility intentions."

Tune in now to the Resolution Foundation event as they unpack their latest Briefing Note 'Bye bye baby: Assessing Britain’s falling #birthrate since the early 2010s': https://www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/the-great-british-baby-bust