Hunter Ash
@ArtemisConsort · Feb 20, 2026
Women generally prefer men who earn more money than them. Therefore reducing the earnings gap decreases fertility. This is not a normative statement. It is purely descriptive.
Whyvert@whyvert· Feb 20, 2026"detailed Danish register data and a series of tax reforms from 2009 ... increases in women’s marginal net-of-tax wages tend to decrease fertility while increases in men’s marginal net-of-tax wages tend to increase fertility."
(Similar dynamic in the Baby Boom.)
Elon Musk
@elonmusk
True
08:31 PM · February 20, 2026 · 71.3K views
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