Question

The preconditions for declines in this variable were memorably summarized by Ansley Coale in the dictum “ready, willing, and able.” In Gregory Clark’s Malthusian model, an upwards-sloping curve representing this variable appears on the top of two graphs. This variable can fall when quality dominates quantity in a trade-off introduced by Gary Becker. A fall in this variable made France the first country to undergo a historical “transition” that universally accompanies (10[1])economic development. When this (-5[1])variable is low, an “inverted pyramid” (10[1])shape is generated on a common plot that shows age on the y-axis. South Korea falls far below the “replacement rate” of this variable at around 2.1. For 10 points, name this variable that was sharply reduced by China’s one-child policy. ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: fertility rate [accept birth rate or giving birth or birth schedule; accept having children or having kids; accept family size; prompt on population or population growth by asking “what component of population growth?”]
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Simon Zimmerman (DII)Ohio State AKenyon7010
Dennis Yang (DII)Michigan BCedarville74-5
Leo Tao (UG)Michigan COhio State B8010
John Gehringer (UG)CedarvilleMichigan B12210