417: Research Behind Why Women Want Big Families with Catherine Pakaluk
417: Research Behind Why Women Want Big Families with Catherine Pakaluk  
Podcast: Now That We're A Family
Published On: Tue Aug 12 2025
Description: OUR FAMILY MUSIC ACADEMY: Affordable and effective online weekly music lessons designed for families.https://www.voetbergmusicacademy.comBack to School Sale - Use coupon code: BACKTOSCHOOL2025 for 20% off your first month's subscription (available for the first 200 students). - Catherine Ruth Pakaluk is an American economist and social philosopher at The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. Pakaluk is author of the acclaimed ethnography Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth (Regnery, 2024), a multidisciplinary account of American women choosing to have large families against the global trend to sub-replacement fertility. Her work has been featured in The New Yorker, Slate, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, Fox News, and more. She holds a Ph.D. in economics from Harvard University. The mother of eight children, she is married to American philosopher Michael Pakaluk. They split their time between suburban Maryland and New Hampshire’s White Mountains. “Hannah's Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth” by Catherine Pakaluk - https://amzn.to/41uGXmT Website - https://pakaluk.com/ Twitter - https://x.com/CRPakaluk/highlights