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Re:Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries? (NBER) by socalgal2 on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:12AM (#44529969)
The point of the paper is that that graph is irrelevant

They looked at economic influence and found it does not account for the drop in child birth

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Re:Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries? (NBER) by AstralStorm on Friday July 11, 2025 @05:35AM (#44530176)
Did they even attempt to scale it against housing prices?
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Re:Why Is Fertility So Low in High Income Countries? (NBER) by praxulus on Friday July 11, 2025 @11:01AM (#44532918)
Yes, part III section C is all about the effect of house prices on fertility. There's certainly an effect, but previous studies have shown that housing costs can only account for a small share of the drop in fertility.
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