# NatalCon Sold Out; Catherine Pakaluk on Hannah's Children

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Published: 2025-03-25T15:45:49+00:00
Episode link: https://blog.exitgroup.us/p/natalcon-sold-out-catherine-pakaluk
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## Resource

This week we had a Q&A with Catherine Pakaluk, professor of economics at The Catholic University of America and author of Hannah’s Children , a study of women with six or more children — what makes them different, how they understand the decision to raise a large family, and what they can teach us about the causes of demographic decline. Topics: * What causes some people to maintain a firm connection between marriage and children? * Why are secular Israelis the only secular population in a developed country that are maintaining replacement fertility? * How does mortality salience affect people’s desire for large families? * What percentage of large families are needed to create a “halo effect” that drives higher fertility in the general population? * How important is mentorship from older women in guiding young women to start families? * How to balance large family with other ambitions? * How can we change the way female employment is structured to incentivize family creation? * How do people with large families get their own children excited to raise families? EXIT News * Natal Conference is officially sold out . See you this weekend in Austin! * NatalCon Agenda (ticket-holders, check Luma for location details) : * Thursday: * Final virtual meet-&-greet for ticket-holders this Thursday, 3/27 at 7PM. * Friday: * In-person pre-event mixer with Jack Posobiec and other speakers on Fri 3:30PM. * Dinner and Reception from 6:00PM - 9:30PM * Saturday: * Lunch at 11:00AM * Conference from 12:30PM to 6:00PM * Dinner from 7:00PM to 9:00PM * After-party from 9:30M to 11:30PM * Sunday: * Brunch at 10:00AM * On tonight’s full-group call (3/25) we’ll be discussing preparedness in the Trump Administration . The honeymoon is over, markets are volatile, shadowy quasi-state violence…

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