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tuatorutoday at 5:35 AM1 replyview on HN

Traditionally, female years of education, child mortality, and GDP per capita (in order of importance) explain 85% of fertility, and the residual is not biased in either direction.

source: Lant Pritchett, long-time development economist.

Edit: I don't think anyone outside the Taliban seriously wants to reverse the trends in any of those 3 factors.


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Vecrtoday at 7:19 AM

Robin Hanson on the first, incentivized with the ability to sell shares in your child.