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Baby Boom in Developed Nations

New research contradicts trend of decline with prosperity

For the first time in decades, research has shown that a prosperous economy may not—contrary to widespread belief—be linked to gradual decline in population. The news may come to the chagrin of environmentalists worried about overpopulation, but largely reduces fears of rapid aging and population decline. Many researchers see the new analysis as a milestone, one that may have far-reaching implications. According to the findings in the scientific journal Nature, women are starting to have babies again when a nation achieves a particularly high threshold of development.

Read it at The Washington Post

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