When social status gets in the way of mating: The incompatibility between social status and reproductive goals in modern contexts

• Main Authors: YONG, Jose C., LIM, Amy J. Y., LI, Norman P.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2023
• Subjects: mating; evolutionary mismatch; culture; fertility; social status; Asian Studies; Family, Life Course, and Society; Social Psychology
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/soss_research/4077; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/soss_research/article/5335/viewcontent/2055_article_p59_pvoa_cc_by_nc.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Low fertility is a growing concern in modern societies. While economic and structural explanations of reproductive hindrances have been informative to some extent, they do not address the fundamental motives that underlie reproductive decisions and are inadequate to explain why East Asian countries,...