"Each year, Fernández-Villaverde updates his data on Latin American birth rates, which he gathers from the countries’ official birth statistics, in preparation for a class he teaches about the region’s economic history. He first began noticing in 2019 that the UN was too optimistic, but only in the past few years did the discrepancies become downright alarming." -The Atlantic
Jesús Fernández-Villaverde discussed his research on staggering birth rates with The Atlantic.
Citation: "The Birth-Rate Crisis Isn’t as Bad as You’ve Heard—It’s Worse," The Atlantic, M Novicoff, June 30, 2025.