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> Why Is This Happening? Maybe it's a reduction in security? https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/family-consequences-job-insecurity-fertility-and-marriage https://

by femto 3y ago

> Why Is This Happening? Maybe it's a reduction in security? https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/family-consequences-job-insecurity-fertility-and-marriage https://cepr.org/voxeu/columns/family-consequences-job-insec... Children are a long term commitment. Being richer won't necessarily make a person have more children if they are uncertain whether the riches will continue. A $1000/month car, per the article, can be disposed of if things go bad. Children can't (unless you are in a Monty Python movie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWAC5ZMKeM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWWAC5ZMKeM )

tetris11 3y ago
The $1000 dollar a month argument is weak though. If I have a job that pays $4000 a month but it requires driving 100km to get there, then a reliable car is a good investment. Not buying a car and raising kids instead (who require more than $1000 a month) would require me either having a great parental network to fall back on (e.g. parents, a village) or having those kids taken away from me as I fail to meet their needs (Also the article did not at all address the clickbait title that made me read it. Okay, we will have more pets maybe. Anything else?)