Hi Leah,
Thank you for bringing up the question of whether fertility decline is a relevant objective to study. I wonder if I understood your thoughts correctly. Do you mean that since "controlled" fertility doesn't really help environment and fertility decline doesn't really translate into economic development, then why should we care about setting particular objectives for fertility numbers in the world? This is an interesting thought! Especially in relation to my impression of what currently happens in Russia in terms of the fertility policy -- looks like they are aiming for the increase in fertility, e.g. by giving monetary incentives to families with multiple children or restricting legal abortions.
Thank you for bringing up the question of whether fertility decline is a relevant objective to study. I wonder if I understood your thoughts correctly. Do you mean that since "controlled" fertility doesn't really help environment and fertility decline doesn't really translate into economic development, then why should we care about setting particular objectives for fertility numbers in the world? This is an interesting thought! Especially in relation to my impression of what currently happens in Russia in terms of the fertility policy -- looks like they are aiming for the increase in fertility, e.g. by giving monetary incentives to families with multiple children or restricting legal abortions.