National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

The NBER is the leading nonprofit economic research organization in the United States, responsible for publishing the working paper series that first documented the remote-work fertility connection. - Published foundational working paper

The United States has been having fewer babies every year since 2007. Recessions make it worse. So when the worst economic shock in decades hit in 2020, demographers expected another steep drop. Instead, something unusual happened: births to American-born mothers rose by 71,000 in 2021, the first reversal in over a decade. A team of economists from Northwestern, Princeton, and the University of California, Los Angeles traced the increase to a single variable—whether a woman's job could be done from home.

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Leading economic research organization that published significant study on cellphone ban impacts. - Published December 2025 research on school cellphone bans and student achievement

January 2026 accelerated the school cellphone crackdown beyond the four-state January 1st rollout. Within the first three weeks, New Jersey signed a statewide ban (effective 2026-27 school year), Michigan passed legislation through both chambers targeting fall 2026 implementation, and Kansas introduced bipartisan Senate Bill 302 with support from 30 senators. The tally now stands at 37 states plus Washington D.C. with restrictions—up from 35+ just weeks earlier. What started as France's 2018 experiment has become America's fastest education policy shift in a generation, with implementation now reaching critical mass.

Updated Jan 30