Bell Curve globalized?

Michael Perelman michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Fri May 28 12:59:53 PDT 1999


No. Better off families have fewer children.

Mark Rickling wrote:


> Michael Perelman wrote:
> >This abstract does not seem too bad, except for the word "genetics,"
> >which does not seem to be relevant to the model. The idea of inequality
> >causing high birth rates and high birth rates causing poverty is fairly
> >well accepted.
>
> How do high birth rates cause poverty? I always thought it was the wealthy
> hoarding more than their fair share that caused poverty.
>
> mark
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