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As fertility rates have declined in high-income countries, the cross-country relationship between women’s labour supply and fertility has reversed. Today, in countries where more women are working, more babies are born. This column suggests that classic models of fertility no longer explain ultra-low fertility rates in high-income countries, where the compatibility of women’s

The Build Back Better Act recently promoted in Congress incorporates many elements of the Biden Administration’s “American Families Plan,” which is promoted as “an investment in our kids, our families, and our economic future.”