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Are the ultra rich immune from fertility trends?
The median number of kids of the 20 richest men in the world is 3 with a mean of 3.75 (mainly Musk).
That's not hugely different (though probably somewhat higher) than TFR when they had their kids. I've seen some data indicating that there is a positive correlation particularly at very high levels of income, but not sure how reliable it is. https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/the-2nd-demographic-transition. Lyman Stone thinks the data is problematic https://medium.com/@lymanstone/fertility-and-income-some-notes-581e1a6db3c7
Are the ultra rich immune from fertility trends?
The median number of kids of the 20 richest men in the world is 3 with a mean of 3.75 (mainly Musk).
That's not hugely different (though probably somewhat higher) than TFR when they had their kids. I've seen some data indicating that there is a positive correlation particularly at very high levels of income, but not sure how reliable it is. https://www.maximum-progress.com/p/the-2nd-demographic-transition. Lyman Stone thinks the data is problematic https://medium.com/@lymanstone/fertility-and-income-some-notes-581e1a6db3c7