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Probably not. Birth rate depends on a lot of variables, including how wealthy a society is. If birth rates dropped to a level that was making us poorer, people
by fasterik 3y ago
Probably not. Birth rate depends on a lot of variables, including how wealthy a society is. If birth rates dropped to a level that was making us poorer, people would start reproducing more to compensate. Also, wealthy societies can manage the birth rate through tax cuts and other incentives.
- makapuf 3y agoThe correlation is complex and im not sure its well understood though. You need to be rich to raise kids, but people in poor countries have more children. Also, Japan (and parts of Europe). They don't seem to control birth rate although quite rich.
- fasterik 3y agoJapan gives an allowance [1] to families with children under a certain age, in addition to other tax incentives, parental leave policies, and subsidized child care. Similar policies exist in many countries in Europe. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_Teate_Law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_Teate_Law
- makapuf 3y agoSure, my point being that it does not seem to work very well ; Japanese population is aging.