Climate change and fertility
Dr Wilde will discuss the effects of rising temperatures on human fertility rates and their mechanisms.

Interest in the effect of climate change on major demographic processes is burgeoning. While our understanding of the linkages between climate, mortality, and migration are relatively well developed, the effects of rising temperatures on human fertility rates are not.
In this lecture, Dr Wilde will discuss this research area, its history and development, and how he and his co-authors are filling knowledge gaps in this field. After discussing the aggregate effect of climate change on fertility, he will outline what is known about the mechanisms which drive the link between temperature and birth rates. Finally, he will end by describing where our understanding is still limited, providing a roadmap for future researchers to follow.
This event will be particularly useful for those interested in demography, climate change and fertility.
Related links
- QSS and CLS seminar series
- Quantitative Social Science
- Centre for Longitudinal Studies
- Social Research Institute
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Joshua Wilde
Senior Scientist and Researcher
University of Oxford and Portland State University
Joshua Wilde is a Senior Scientist and Researcher at the Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, University of Oxford, and at the Population Research Center, Portland State University. He is a Research Fellow at the IZA Institute for Labor Economics. Joshua’s research is in the field of Demography, Demographic Economics, and Development Economics, with an emphasis on the causes and economic effects of fertility change.
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