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"Jobs for women are higher-paying and more satisfying than ever before, and that raises the opportunity cost of having large families" This is not true. Dependi
by lacker 9y ago
"Jobs for women are higher-paying and more satisfying than ever before, and that raises the opportunity cost of having large families"
This is not true. Depending on the wife for income prevents her from focusing on having a large family.
You claim to be disagreeing but I think you are agreeing with that comment. By referring to "opportunity cost", the author means precisely that when a woman works it is harder to have a large family. Not having a job is one opportunity cost of children.
- aidenn0 9y agoI believe that craig1f is claiming that if most women did not work, wages would be higher for those women that do work (due to reduced labor supply), so increased labor participation for women has lowered the opportunity cost compared to a hypothetical world in which women work.
- klipt 9y agoSo back when being a stay at home mom was the norm, it was hard, but now that working moms are the norm, being a stay at home mom is easy? I don't think that checks out.
- watwut 9y agoWhile being stay at home was the norm, around 33.9% of women in 1950 worked and it continued to go up. That is not completely negligible number. (The number for males was closer to 86.4%)
- craig1f 9y agoI think that things are hard for different reasons. Nothing will ever be easy. If you believe life will get to the point that it's easy, you've got things wrong.