The birth rate is dropping because rent is too expensive.
The rent started spiking as smartphones came into use (2010s~).
rayiner 17 hours ago [-]
Birth rate is collapsing even in countries that have plenty of housing and don’t have skyrocketing rents.
verdverm 16 hours ago [-]
High correlation with the pill (birth control) and increased participation in the workforce by women. Also cross reference with wealth inequality levels.
The smart phones is correlation, not causation
cowlevel 18 hours ago [-]
Except the poorest people traditionally had the highest birth rates.
AngryData 13 hours ago [-]
But traditionally housing was also pretty cheap and only select few properties in the right areas gained any significant value over time. Now rentseekers are and have bought up significant amounts of housing and drove both housing and land values up far faster than the low end of wages.
cowlevel 11 hours ago [-]
People were poor for different reasons but they were still poor. There's no reason to think that expensive housing and cheap food makes low birthrates but cheap housing and expensive food makes high birthrates.
hefner1456 10 hours ago [-]
Clearly its the radiation coming from peoples pockets near their privates:) I remember a time when people seriously worried about this.
whoanoway 10 hours ago [-]
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The rent started spiking as smartphones came into use (2010s~).
The smart phones is correlation, not causation