Oligopsony comments on Some thoughts on having children - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Oligopsony 08 January 2014 06:30:14PM 4 points [-]

Educated women have less children, reduced childhood mortality means less hedging to reach a desired number of children, above-noted changes away from agriculture and mandatory public schooling reduce the economic value of child labor, some other stuff.

Comment author: pianoforte611 09 January 2014 03:03:21AM 1 point [-]

Wait a minute does providing malaria nets or deworming kits lead to economic development?

Comment author: Oligopsony 09 January 2014 08:04:47AM 3 points [-]

Sure. Or more glibly, does malaria not inhibit economic development?