Maybe. I think people mostly see children as a responsibility though, so I wonder if the problem would live up to the concern.
I wonder if you could try to measure the differences in birth rates for people receiving the EIC, comparing across numbers of children (at some income levels the first child provides ~2x the benefit as the third).
edit: Searching "EITC birth rates" shows that people have looked at it.
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Maybe. I think people mostly see children as a responsibility though, so I wonder if the problem would live up to the concern.
I wonder if you could try to measure the differences in birth rates for people receiving the EIC, comparing across numbers of children (at some income levels the first child provides ~2x the benefit as the third).
edit: Searching "EITC birth rates" shows that people have looked at it.