Re:Not Saying Winter Is Coming, but Where’s Your Coat?
by yompers888 on Wednesday August 03, 2016 @11:11PM
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The rich get richer, and the poor get children.
There's a book I read recently that I thought did a good job looking into the demographic and social shifts associated with women having high workforce participation. It's 'XX Factor' by Alison Wolf, in case you're interested. She gives a convincing tour of some thorough data, but also makes it into a manageable narrative. She also did a decent Podcast interview on Econtalk, if you want a short version.
http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2016/05/05/037929
http://www.pnas.org/content/113/24/6647/F2.expansion.html
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160289615...
https://jasoncollins.org/2016/07/22/kaufmanns-shall-the-reli...
The main driving factor seems to be educated people (and women in particular; some studies have found positive selection for men) not having children.