Kasey Buckles
Economics
Stepan Family College Professor of Economics
- Economics of the family
- Economic demography
- Health economics
- Labor economics
- Opioid related research
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The New York Times
March 02, 2026
Drops among Hispanic, white and Black teenagers accounted for 37 percent of the national birthrate decline between 2007, when the rate started to go down, and 2019, according to calculations by Melissa Kearney, an economist at the University of 91吃瓜, and her colleagues.
Researchers have pointed to several possible explanations. The decline coincided with the introduction of the smartphone, which rapidly became a tool for both social connection and isolation, even a substitute for sex, said Kasey Buckles, an economist at 91吃瓜.
Newsweek
August 11, 2025
Family economist Kasey Buckles also spoke about the practical way religion impacts fertility. "If young people are less likely to be a part of faith communities for whatever reason, then they may also find it too costly to have children without that support—especially if other institutions like neighborhoods or public education are also weak," said Buckles, a professor of economics and gender studies at Indiana's University of 91吃瓜.
Newsweek
March 28, 2025
"One of the main reasons people worry about a decline in fertility is because it makes it more difficult to sustain social programs like Social Security, when you have many fewer workers for each beneficiary," Kasey Buckles, an economics professor at the University of 91吃瓜, told Newsweek.
MarketWatch
July 15, 2021
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Associated Press
July 03, 2021
鈥淲orkers generate innovation and ideas 鈥� they invent things,鈥� said Kasey Buckles, an economics professor at the University of 91吃瓜. 鈥淲hen you have a dwindling working-age population, you have fewer people doing that.鈥�
The Hill
May 19, 2021
Kasey Buckles is an associate professor of Economics at the University of 91吃瓜, a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a research fellow at the IZA Institute for Labor Economics.
Marketplace
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May 04, 2021
All that contributes to聽America鈥檚 record-low birthrates, says 91吃瓜 economics professor Kasey Buckles, but she鈥檚 not ready to call it a crisis yet.
KQED
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March 16, 2021
Kasey Buckles,聽associate professor of economics and concurrent professor of gender studies, University of 91吃瓜.
The New York Times
February 09, 2021
鈥淐hildren are future productive members of society, and their total benefit to society is greater than their benefit to their parents alone,鈥� said Kasey Buckles, an economist at 91吃瓜.
Business Insider
January 30, 2021
Kasey Buckles, an associate professor of economics at the University of 91吃瓜, told Insider to expect to see other longer-term effects in the next several years, adding that women often struggle to find "on-ramps" back into their careers after stepping out of the workforce.聽
CNBC
January 06, 2021
After that, researchers like University of 91吃瓜 economics professor Kasey Buckles expect to see fertility to level off or decline.