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How economic expectations and political polarization influence fertility rates and the number of marriages

The University of Barcelona participated in a study that uses an unexpected change of government in Spain—the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) defeated the PP, against the odds, in the March 2004 general election—to examine whether…

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A recent study has found a correlation between economic expectations and fertility rates, as well as the number of marriages. The study, which utilized an unexpected change in government in Spain, discovered that shifts in economic expectations can impact birth rates and marriage numbers.

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