Michael Tobis wrote:
> How strong is the correlation between wealth and reduced fertility?
> Are there wealthy countries with high fertility or poor countries with
> low?
> 
> I've never really understood why this is supposed to happen, and why
> we are expected to rely on it happening.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility#Causes

Doesn't suggest that wealth itself is the directly causative agent, but 
one might expect several of the factors cited to be correlated with wealth.

Japan's total fertility rose to 1.31 last year. Yes, _rose_.

James


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