How do workplace norms affect fertility decisions?
The birth rate in the United States is slowly on the decline. In this video, Mary Brinton, Reischauer Institute Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, discusses how low birth rates affect and are affected by gender inequality in postindustrial societies.
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