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Lyman Stone 石來民
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Feel like the body of evidence suggesting that the modern chemical environment (water and air pollution especially) is a key part of low fertility is important to think about when
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This piece by @clairecm includes an uncited false statement about the research on pronatalism. It flatly contradicts the existing research by claiming that childcare subsidies boost fertility more than child
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1) They had a problem with Islamic terrorism associated with Xinjiang and see this as a solution2) Eliminating Turkic, Mongolic, and steppe peoples has been Beijing's and Nanjing's policy since
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guys there are some cool #NBERday papers today We'll start with a theoretical paper.Q: What causes polarization?A: Not fake news. Not media bias. *Volume of information* and basic information sorting
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This is a great discussion between @swinshi and @hamandcheese about child allowances; good on @AmerCompass to host it.However, I have beef with @swinshi 's citations! He misread them!https://americancompass.org/event/family-feud-child-a
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It's Death Day!There's some cautious optimism here. The data we have suggests deaths came down a lot in the last week or two. Vaccinations are staying ahead of new infections.And,
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Low-wage work is great for getting somebody from 75% of poverty to 150% but a person who's never been above 150% FPL by age 35 is extreeeeeemly unlikely to climb
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West Virginia has seen faster income growth over the last 40 years than most states. Average personal income in WV is higher as a % of national average than at
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After yesterday's excitement around Romney's child allowance plan, I had a hard time sleeping, tormented by dreams of income and distribution tables yet-to-be-calculated.So I woke up at the crack 'o
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So, the Romney plan is interesting.Yes, it pays for itself by cutting some other benefits for kids.But the Niskanen Center's analysis suggests *even with* those cuts, it reduces child poverty
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I'm at @FamStudies today talking about declining fertility *before* the pandemic.Basically, if you straightline 2008 fertility rates for each racial-ethnic group to 2019, there'd have been 5.8 MILLION more births
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My understand is that the problem isn't that we don't have "manufacturing capacity" (we do) but that 1) a lot of vaccine firms are already selling below cost; reprioritizing their
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