Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

The financial costs of raising kids have gone up a lot, and in part as a consequence people have fewer — at this point fewer than they say they’d ideally like to have, with affordability frequently cited as a problem. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 17, 2019 Hibernated

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I don’t think it has much to do with inequality per se, but the cross-national drop in fertility probably has a lot to do with Baumol Effect issues raising the cost of childcare and related economic issues. — PolitiTweet.org

Crazy theory: if fertility has dropped in places as diverse as Denmark & US, it probably has less to do with capita… https://t.co/Lgs0w…

Posted Nov. 17, 2019 Hibernated

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Inequality is relevant because one policy option is to redistribute material resources away from rich people and toward families — whether in the form of cash allowance, expanded preschool, subsidized aftercare programs, or whatever else. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 17, 2019 Hibernated