As population growth declines in the US, officials and scholars are thinking about whether this is a problem for future economic growth and social tranquillity and, if so, what might solve it. To many, incentives for increasing the birth rate seem unlikely to be successful, as young people are often putting their careers ahead of childrearing and are comfortable with birth control as an option to achieve that. 

Rural areas are losing population faster than cities. Yet their products and services are often very basic for the survival and success of all of us. Is immigration a partial solution to the decone in natural increase (having babies) in farms and fields? Here’s  a recent perspective that suggests that it is.