The German Institute for Economic Research warmly invites you to a DIW 100 Lecture with a keynote speech on “THE DOWNSIDE OF FERTILITY” by Claudia Goldin, Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
THE DOWNSIDE OF FERTILITY
The fertility decline is everywhere in the world today. Moreover, the decline goes decades back in the histories of rich countries. The reasons for the declines from the 1970s to the early 2000s involve greater female autonomy and a mismatch between the desires of men and women. Various constraints that Professor Goldin groups under “matching” problems have caused fertility to be lower than otherwise and imply that fertility has a “downside.”
Claudia Goldin is the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University and holds the Lee and Ezpeleta Professorship of Arts & Sciences at Harvard University. She was the director of the NBER’s Development of the American Economy program from 1989 to 2017 and is a co-director of the NBER’s Gender in the Economy group. Goldin was awarded the 2023 Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel “for having advanced our understanding of women’s labor market outcomes.”
Thursday, November 6, 2025
1.30 p.m. to 3 p.m., followed by coffee & cake
DIW Berlin, Anton-Wilhem-Amo-Str. 58, 10117 Berlin, Elinor Ostrom Hall 1st floor
Please register by October 30 here for your personal or virtual participation (livestream).