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Look at comparator countries in the EU with much better scores in all of those factors. Almost all of those countries are also suffering from declining birth r
by lalaland1125 5y ago
Look at comparator countries in the EU with much better scores in all of those factors.
Almost all of those countries are also suffering from declining birth rates as secularism increases. Most have much lower birth rates than the US.
You could also look at the minimal long term fertility effects of pro birth legislation [1].
The material factors don't seem to be driving birth rates as much as many people seem to think.
1. https://ifstudies.org/blog/can-uncle-sam-boost-american-fertility https://ifstudies.org/blog/can-uncle-sam-boost-american-fert...
- rich_sasha 5y agoWhile the argument is not implausible, the secularisation is part of such a huge societal change that it imho difficult to argue causation. A ton of things are changing about our societies, among them secularisation and drops in childbirth rates, is a more conservative view. For example, increasing female access to career development probably drops child birth rates. Is that in itself driven by secularisation? I don’t think directly. And indirectly, everything is related.