After World War II, thanks to soldiers returning home, a booming economy with jobs for everyone, and new government support (e.g. the GI Bill, subsidized low-interest mortgages, and family-friendly tax benefits), the US fertility rate soared to a peak of about 3.8 in 1957 and stayed in the mid-3s from the mid-1950s through the early 1960s before steeply…
Understanding US Population Projections
There's too much online prognostication and too little data analysis. Let's set the record straight on what's happening.
