TL;DR. Using completed cohort fertility (CCF) for ~30 countries, I link each birth cohort’s early-life life expectancy and income per person (log GDP)-averaged over childhood/adolescence-to that cohort’s completed fertility. Within the same country, cohorts that grew up safer (higher life expectancy) and richer (higher log GDP) tend to end up with lower…
From Longevity to Low Fertility: Evidence Across Countries
