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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Europe has a huge problem with employment, reliable source or not, especially among young professionals. Situation is dire in Italy, Spain, Greece and other countries [/quote]

The unemployment rate has actually improved a lot in Europe over the last decade. Still some way to go. Poor productivity growth is probably a bigger problem there now.[/quote]

French person here. Yes. Also, please keep in mind, when you consider salaries, that healthcare is cheaper, daycare is subsidized, universities have free or low tuition, etc. So families can afford to have kids on much lower household incomes than here.[/quote]

Birth rate is still very low. Italy is one of the lowest birth rate country.[/quote]

PP you replied to. I think that has more to do with education and lifestyle than income. If a woman is working on her career and socializing and generally happy and fulfilled, why would she want lots of kids?

My mother was the last of 7 children. Her neighbors had 14 kids. It was the post-war era when the government asked families to have lots of kids. None of these mothers had careers. Today it's different. My aunts all had 0-1 kids. I'm an only child. Most of my cousins had one child late (35+). I started early and had 2, and my other cousin who started early had 3. 
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