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No, these are the right metrics. You're missing choice. When a woman chooses to have a child, or chooses to not have a child, we ascribe the economic impact ba
by Schiendelman 3mo ago
No, these are the right metrics.
You're missing choice. When a woman chooses to have a child, or chooses to not have a child, we ascribe the economic impact based on her intent.
- reinitctxoffset 3mo agoI think a great many women and a great many economists (and women who are economists for that matter) would take issue with the notion that raising a child is the alternative to being productive. Ask any policy maker in South Korea how they feel about the social value in raising children. It's not a film adaptation of a book starring Clive Owen and Julianne Moore, it's 2055 or thereabouts in the China, the US isn't so far behind.
- ziofill 3mo agoI don’t disagree, but there is a vast difference between a wanted and an unwanted child. This is well studied and well understood. See freakonomics episode 394.
- Schiendelman 3mo agoI was not in any way intending to imply I thought that, I was using the language above about economic value. I've edited my post to avoid the misunderstanding, I think you and I are aligned.