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Actually, this is exactly why those who mire in poverty have more children. The logic is that more children = safety net in the future. This is usually prevalen
by yarou 13y ago
Actually, this is exactly why those who mire in poverty have more children. The logic is that more children = safety net in the future. This is usually prevalent in societies and countries without strong institutions. Hmm...
- owenmarshall 13y agoFor anyone interested in reading more on this, it's called the demographic-economic paradox: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic-economic_paradox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographic-economic_paradox
- humanrebar 13y agoThat's not a paradox. It's a misunderstanding of incentives for people of all classes.
- owenmarshall 13y agoI'd agree - I guess it's considered paradoxical as it surprises economists that expect a correlation between birth rates & economic means. It's really more that economics doesn't properly serve as a predictor of human behavior (news at 11! ;-))
- amerika_blog 13y agoAnd it works as you'd expect. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R/K_selection_theory