Question

What is the relationship between highly developed regions and fertility rates?

Answer 1

Answer:

The medical services provided by the rich countries are better than those undeveloped countries.

Explanation:

Answer 2

Evidence for nation-states suggests that the long-standing negative relationship between fertility and economic development might turn positive at high levels of development. The robustness of the reversal continues to be debated. We add to this discussion from a novel angle by considering whether such a reversal could also occur at the sub-national level within highly developed countries. Our contributions are both theoretical and empirical. We first discuss important trends which might foster the emergence of a positive fertility–developmen