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Top Stories: Could remote work fix America's baby bust? Some researchers think so.

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Thu Nov 6 2025

Why working from home could boost America's birth rate

The U.S. fertility rate in 2024 of 1,626.5 births per 1,000 women is below replacement, the level at which a given generation can exactly replace itself, 2,100 births per 1,000 women, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Researchers say remote and hybrid work schedules could increase the nation's fertility rate by making it easier for Americans to have babies.

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