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South Korea's Birth Rate One Of the Lowest on Earth. The Missing Piece Might Be Better Urbanism
The macro shocks are coming. The local environment may decide who has children
 • Dave Deek
4B Doesn't Matter: Young Men's Job Market Is Why Korea's Birth Rate Fell to 0.72 and Japan's Didn't
The variable that separates a 0.72 birth rate from a 1.20 isn't gender politics. It's whether young men can get hired
 • Dave Deek
The Cheapest Pro-Natalist Policy Nobody Wants, Least of All Nigel Farage
Alarmists & Technocrats agree on two things: birth rates are too low, & workers (who've had it far too good for too long) shouldn't allowed to work from…
 • Dave Deek
You Know What Else Kills Birth Rates? Being in a Region That's Falling Behind
A new study from South Korea suggests the growing distance between places is a demographic problem, not just an economic one.
 • Dave Deek
Korean Men Are Falling Out of the Marriage Market Faster Than Women
35% of Korean Adults May Never Marry. Three Decades Ago, It Was 5%. Three decades of data show this isn't delay, and economic shocks is making men…
 • Dave Deek
The Care Penalty: What Happens When Caregivers Try to Return to Work (in Flanders, Belgium)
Recruiters penalize them, even after the caregiving ends
 • Dave Deek
Career Women More Likely to Want Kids (in Japan)
Working women with career ambitions in Japan show higher fertility intentions, challenging assumptions about work-family trade-offs.
 • Dave Deek
A Lack of Trust Fuels Baby Bust (in China)
Social trust significantly increases Chinese fertility intentions, with each unit increase in interpersonal trust raising the ideal number of children…
 • Dave Deek
The Bank of Mom & Dad: How Parents Insure Against Income Shocks
Adult children facing income drops receive thousands in hidden parental wealth transfers, but only for losses like during unemployment, never gains
 • Dave Deek
2/5 - Why economic (especially energy) shocks permanently lower fertility rates & total maternal rates (TMR)?
We still feeling the impact of the 70s Oil Crisis and the Great Recession today
 • Dave Deek
1/5 - Are We Measuring Fertility Wrong?
A mathematical decomposition (breaking down) of TFR of 314 million mothers across 33 countries reveals governments worldwide have been treating the…
 • Dave Deek
Parents explain 62% of missing babies in rich nations — childlessness just 38%
Parents — not childless adults — account for nearly two-thirds of plummeting birth rates worldwide, with mothers in countries like Spain and Russia now…
 • Dave Deek
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