Comments on: The Value of the Marginal Kid http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/ The Sweet Release of Reason Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Offsprung > Below The Rust Belt » How Many Kids Is Enough? http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579626 Offsprung > Below The Rust Belt » How Many Kids Is Enough? Fri, 02 May 2008 18:16:40 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579626 [...] the meantime, here is a very interesting response from another economist. (Hat tip to Tyler [...] [...] the meantime, here is a very interesting response from another economist. (Hat tip to Tyler [...]

]]> By: michael i http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579470 michael i Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:08:38 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579470 The success of the TV shopping channels suggests there's plenty of women who are -- to borrow a feminist phrase -- "having it all." The success of the TV shopping channels suggests there’s plenty of women who are — to borrow a feminist phrase — “having it all.”

]]> By: Will Wilkinson http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579455 Will Wilkinson Tue, 29 Apr 2008 21:09:18 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579455 Likewise, it is depressing to realize that almost all of the people who are too slow to actually understand the debate, and the merit in having it, will attempt to reproduce themselves. Likewise, it is depressing to realize that almost all of the people who are too slow to actually understand the debate, and the merit in having it, will attempt to reproduce themselves.

]]> By: Geschichtlich http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579452 Geschichtlich Tue, 29 Apr 2008 20:58:21 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579452 It's enormously comforting to realize that the sort of people who discuss childbearing in this rarified, galactically-stupid form are decidedly unlikely to select their genes for continuance. It’s enormously comforting to realize that the sort of people who discuss childbearing in this rarified, galactically-stupid form are decidedly unlikely to select their genes for continuance.

]]> By: DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » The Value of the Marginal Kid http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579438 DYSPEPSIA GENERATION » Blog Archive » The Value of the Marginal Kid Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:05:51 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579438 [...] Read it. [...] [...] Read it. [...]

]]> By: chug http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579433 chug Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:20:20 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579433 <i>However, it still may be true that women overestimate how happy raising children will make them and underestimate the happiness they derive from their career & extra income.</i> Or, maybe, women overestimate how happy their career & extra income will make them and underestimate the happiness they could derive from raising children (and socializing a man/husband in the process?). Cf., "<a href="http://www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_single_young_men.html" rel="nofollow">Child-Man in the Promised Land</a>," by Kay Hymowitz, City Journal, Wiinter 2008 and "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/19/magazine/319dad.html?_r=1&oref=slogin" rel="nofollow">Wanted: A Few Good Sperm</a>," by Jennifer Egan, YT Magazine, March 19, 2006 However, it still may be true that women overestimate how happy raising children will make them and underestimate the happiness they derive from their career & extra income.

Or, maybe, women overestimate how happy their career & extra income will make them and underestimate the happiness they could derive from raising children (and socializing a man/husband in the process?).

Cf.,
“Child-Man in the Promised Land,” by Kay Hymowitz, City Journal, Wiinter 2008
and
“Wanted: A Few Good Sperm,” by Jennifer Egan, YT Magazine, March 19, 2006

]]> By: GU http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/2008/04/25/the-value-of-the-marginal-kid/#comment-579313 GU Sun, 27 Apr 2008 05:19:29 +0000 http://www.willwilkinson.net/flybottle/?p=1425#comment-579313 "...income penalty for moms." Many women with husbands who make a high income would see their drop in income (due to not working) as a benefit, not a penalty. Since their husband makes so much money, their lifetime consumption doesn't suffer that much, especially if the women were not nearly as productive as their husbands. However, it still may be true that women overestimate how happy raising children will make them and underestimate the happiness they derive from their career & extra income. “…income penalty for moms.”

Many women with husbands who make a high income would see their drop in income (due to not working) as a benefit, not a penalty. Since their husband makes so much money, their lifetime consumption doesn’t suffer that much, especially if the women were not nearly as productive as their husbands.

However, it still may be true that women overestimate how happy raising children will make them and underestimate the happiness they derive from their career & extra income.

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