Italy is in a typical 2-generation pattern. The first generation of women to get the chance at education, real careers etc = birth rate plummets. A generation

Italy is in a typical 2-generation pattern. The first generation of women to get the chance at education, real careers etc = birth rate plummets. A generation (or two) later, there are women in politics and at the top of companies, introduce generous maternity leave, childcare etc. as in Scandinavia = birth rate rises again.