I think it's quite daft to say gender equality leads to higher fertility without further explanation. Gender equality leads to a much higher participation of wo

I think it's quite daft to say gender equality leads to higher fertility without further explanation. Gender equality leads to a much higher participation of women in the workforce. At least naively I would assume this correlates with a lower fertility since women now are forced to choose between raising a child or having a career. The only way I could see this changing if men would take on much more of the caregiving role. But that is not currently happening.