Sarah and Matt talk about America’s rapidly falling birthrate, and a study on the long-term benefit of the 1980s Medicaid expansion.
References and further reading:
National Center for Health Statistics report on declining birth rates
Vox's Julia Belluz's piece on the low birthrate trend
NPR piece on the CDC report on declining fertility rates in the U.S.
Sarah's piece on why teen births are declining
Lyman Stone paper Sarah mentioned arguing that government interventions don't boost fertility
NY Times piece Matt referenced on American women having fewer children then they'd like
The white paper on Medicaid coverage and economic mobility
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