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It's combination of multiple factors. I think education has the most pronounced effects on fertility/birth rate, though. https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/fem

It's combination of multiple factors. I think education has the most pronounced effects on fertility/birth rate, though. https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/female-education-and-childbearing-closer-look-data https://blogs.worldbank.org/health/female-education-and-chil... https://rdcu.be/c7r33 https://rdcu.be/c7r33 There's also papers on extreme working hours having negative effects on fertility: https://www.aijssnet.com/journals/Vol_5_No_1_February_2016/4.pdf https://www.aijssnet.com/journals/Vol_5_No_1_February_2016/4... I don't find it surprising since extreme work hours --> worse health/social outcomes --> low fertility. China and Japan has similar thing going on, but I'm sure there's way more nuance to this issue than my statement shows.

ekianjo 4y ago
> There's also papers on extreme working hours having negative effects on fertility It could be, but the fertility rates are also going down significantly in Europe despite the fact that there's no extreme working hours there - so how much this is a significant factor is a question - if it is, it probably differs from one country to the next.
- pknomad 4y ago
  thus my statement > It's combination of multiple factors. I think education has the most pronounced effects on fertility/birth rate, though.
wolongong942 4y ago
I'd say it's specifically the rising education rates and increasing income prospects for women that's the problem here, with relative stagnation for the men. The key is that women, unlike men, just don't date down. Somebody did some research on incels and found a common theme was poor education levels, and working low income jobs (if at all).