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Let’s find out why* social liberals have fewer children (opens the original)
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In a series of posts [1, 2, 3], I have looked at how social liberals in Europe have fewer children. Now, I’ll explore the mechanisms behind that result. To do that in detail, you really need “panel data” — i.e., instead of just taking a snapshot of people in time, you want to follow them over a long period and see how their life evolves.I’ll use the UK Household Long
Big families are more conservative, but that doesn't affect public opinion much (opens the original)
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These two articles looked at the relationship between fertility and social liberalism in Europe:They showed a paradox. Social liberals have fewer children than conservatives, but over time, Europeans have become much more socially liberal.To understand these dynamics, we really need to know whether social attitudes are handed down from parents to children. That requires a survey with at least two generations, which is quite rare. But there is a possible shortcut, which has less demanding data re
I went to the Heterodox Social Science Conference 2026 (opens the original)
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I hate conferences: they bring out the worst in me. I become a fawning, politicking creep, continually eyeing the room for someone important to talk to. Hmm, let’s try him, he looks tall and distinguished. Oh no, he’s a retired lawyer who lives locally and “just turned up to hear what you had to say”! Quick, escape and find a bigshot, you quintessence of dung! I can’t do this well because I disgust myself too much.Heterodox Social Science is basically a political movement trying to fit into an a
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