Audioanalysen 🎧 Mehr Kinder, nur wie?
Sep 2, 2025
Explore the intriguing factors that motivate Europeans to have more children. Unpack the demographic challenges and the effects of migration on local communities. Delve into societal pressures, child poverty issues, and the effectiveness of financial incentives aimed at encouraging family growth. A thought-provoking discussion on the complex interplay of cultural and economic influences shaping family decisions.
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Migration's Negative Effect On Native Birthrates
- Martin Sellner argues that migration worsens native childbearing by creating social environments where natives avoid having children.
- He links higher migrant birth rates and resource allocation to a negative feedback that discourages native families from reproducing.
Subjective Reputation Shapes Fertility Choices
- Sellner highlights a subjective reputation effect: natives see social support for large families as stigma in their environment.
- He contrasts that with migrant communities where receiving social benefits for children is normalized and even praised.
Welfare Allocation Alters Incentives
- He observes that social benefits increasingly flow to migrant baby booms rather than native families, altering perceived incentives.
- This redistribution changes who feels supported to have children and who feels discouraged.