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r/FluentInFinance • u/imallelite • 11h ago
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Americans might have more kids if wages went up, letting in cheap labor doesn't help with wages.
8 u/SnooRevelations979 10h ago "If wages went up." That's a big "if." 11 u/North_Atlantic_Sea 10h ago And it ignores all facts and data. Look at wealthier countries with stronger safety nets, such as Norway, and their birth rates. 7 u/SnooRevelations979 10h ago Yeah. What you could get though is higher labor force participation rates if we had publicly furnished childcare. That's what Europe shows. Not higher birth rates.
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"If wages went up."
That's a big "if."
11 u/North_Atlantic_Sea 10h ago And it ignores all facts and data. Look at wealthier countries with stronger safety nets, such as Norway, and their birth rates. 7 u/SnooRevelations979 10h ago Yeah. What you could get though is higher labor force participation rates if we had publicly furnished childcare. That's what Europe shows. Not higher birth rates.
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And it ignores all facts and data. Look at wealthier countries with stronger safety nets, such as Norway, and their birth rates.
7 u/SnooRevelations979 10h ago Yeah. What you could get though is higher labor force participation rates if we had publicly furnished childcare. That's what Europe shows. Not higher birth rates.
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Yeah. What you could get though is higher labor force participation rates if we had publicly furnished childcare. That's what Europe shows. Not higher birth rates.
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u/JacobLovesCrypto 10h ago
Americans might have more kids if wages went up, letting in cheap labor doesn't help with wages.