On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Udhay Shankar N <[email protected]> wrote: > On 17-Sep-12 1:11 PM, Deepa Mohan wrote: > >> I was musing on the effect widespread birth control will have on the >> institution of marriage. > > Here's one attempt to start answering that question: > > http://economics.uchicago.edu/pdf/Chiappori_111306.pdf
On a somewhat related topic (demographics), Anecdotal evidence suggest that fertility rates drop as societies become educated and affluent. Presumably because people have more knowledge, better access to healthcare (survivability of children) and women are more likely to have a say in having children. The economist has two articles on this: Why, as people get richer, do they have fewer children? http://www.economist.com/node/21561112?fsrc=scn/tw/te/pe/moreorless The effect of the recession on having kids in Europe http://www.economist.com/node/21557774?frsc=dg|a Regards Vinayak
