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https://ifstudies.org/blog/higher-rent-fewer-babies-housing-costs-and-fertility-decline
This post argues that housing costs are a factor, though also not the main one (rather, they find that the main factor is declining marriage rates, which is probably harder for policymakers to change).
This is our real issue nowadays that marriages (or lifelong partnerships) are only for love. No more marriages out of duty or arrangement.
Not saying I support any kind of arranged marriage or one that is made rather unwillingly.
But this is simply something we have to live with now. Either accept lower populations and birth rates or try to boost them some other way. Boosting them is a lot harder than just giving people more money. Our western cultures hamper relationships and potential offspring.
Thanks for this link - plots fit my expectations, very useful to quantify such correlation factors. However the examples are only for 'developed' countries - would be interesting to see similar for rest of the world. How are the trends in African cities, for example ? Maybe indoor living space (for kids to play) is more important in cold climates (or when there are too many cars on streets! ) ?