I think “unintended consequences” is a better analysis framework than “parasite response from the ecosystem”.
And speaking of, there is a recent paper discussed on MR which claims to show how safety nets drive down the decline in labor force participation and, in particular, that “the Clinton-era welfare reforms lowered the incentive to work”.
I think “unintended consequences” is a better analysis framework than “parasite response from the ecosystem”.
It certainly sounds less cynical, unless we use strong charity and see it in the most technical way possible.
I think the most plausible use case for government-funded incentives to have extra kids is a wide consensus that a society doesn’t have enough of them at the time, according to some economical or social optimum.
But even this requires a level of cynicism in seeing kids as a means to an end.
I think “unintended consequences” is a better analysis framework than “parasite response from the ecosystem”.
And speaking of, there is a recent paper discussed on MR which claims to show how safety nets drive down the decline in labor force participation and, in particular, that “the Clinton-era welfare reforms lowered the incentive to work”.
It certainly sounds less cynical, unless we use strong charity and see it in the most technical way possible.
I think the most plausible use case for government-funded incentives to have extra kids is a wide consensus that a society doesn’t have enough of them at the time, according to some economical or social optimum.
But even this requires a level of cynicism in seeing kids as a means to an end.