鈥榃ho the Messenger Is Matters鈥: Cultural Leaders Can Positively Influence Population Growth
University of Notre DameFertility rates across the world have been steadily dropping since 1950. Pinpointing the reasons 鈥 despite the lack of typical causal conditions such as famine or war 鈥 is at the heart of one researcher鈥檚 work at the University of Notre Dame. Lakshmi Iyer, a professor in the Department of Economics, found that there was more to fertility rates than a simple economic or circumstantial explanation.