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Repayment at the micro level seems dependent on age and health factors. At the macro level, it's not about governments per se, it's about demographics. Govs h
by maxwell 6y ago
Repayment at the micro level seems dependent on age and health factors.
At the macro level, it's not about governments per se, it's about demographics.
Govs have some effect, e.g. car seat regulations lowering the birth rate in the U.S., but legislative/regulatory priorities reflect the wider culture.
- no_wizard 6y agoFor what its worth, the aside comment here about car seat regulations lowering birth rate in the U.S. is a reference to this study: https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=817078078116005001097107072095091068001008007085063041068118116105026031066002121072026035111101049057019018011029099118000114012022021021058028094097015102091069015028023095000000112110007091105093102113097095003004099085092067119119066101020118102084&EXT=pdf&INDEX=TRUE https://poseidon01.ssrn.com/delivery.php?ID=8170780781160050... It's also a correlation study, and I'd hesitate to quote it as fact currently.
- ak217 6y agoEven if we take that study at face value (they basically overfitted a model with so many free parameters, they could tune it to give any result they want), car seat regulations have at least two orders of magnitude less effect than any of immigration, healthcare, tax, or labor regulations policies.