In a world where the number of children under 5 that will die this year is greater than last year… It does feel like problem of sharing health data is a bit to the right of the decimal point

“Paid parental leave and public child care would indeed increase the birth rate, but by small amounts. These policies are needed because American parents (especially mothers) are screaming for help.”

#econsky

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"You’d think the admin would want to focus on increasing- not cutting- funding to maternal and child health, repairing its self-inflicted econ wounds, and lowering the cost of living ... before asking young people to bring children into the world"

Turns our left & right are not far apart on this.

And Klas from @bloomberg.com "the choice to create a new life isn’t only a financial calculation. It’s also a profound act of hope…

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"Doom-mongering about economic downturns and impending social collapse is unlikely to inspire anyone to have more children, a decision that normally signals confidence in the future”

Lindsey Novak and I are hosting LACDEV in Portland this year- waterfalls and breweries may be on the agenda. August 1-2.

Come talk RCTs and DID estimators with us for a couple days, and bring your family to experience the joy of Oregon in August!

#econsky

🙋🏼‍♀️ I swear I am fun, for an economist

Thanks to partners: Enabel, Trias, SFTZ, and to support from
@agnesq.bsky.social, IFPRI, Gates Foundation.

The pdf is available to download for FREE EVERYWHERE because the wonderful @melindagates foundation covered our open access fees!

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Takeaway: Age matters for efforts to empower. It’s hard to change deeply established patriarchal marital or market norms… but the revolution has always been in the hands of the young.