Mi sono solo dimenticato di aggiungere che per toccare le depressioni di un single senza prole occorre avere 19 figli.
p.s. posologia: evitate di sventolare statistiche del genere, specie la seconda che è una regressione lineare. Al limite accennatene in presenza di chi dà per assodate tesi diametralmente opposte.
p.s. Caplan non si arrende e corre ai ripari teorizzando sull' utilità marginale dei marmocchi:
"...Happiness research hits a lot of nerves, but the finding that kids don't make people happier may be the unkindest cut of all. As a proponent of "having more kids", I could make methodological objections, but the truth is, I do notice a lot of people who don't seem to enjoy being parents. My view, however, is that to a fair degree, these parents just aren't doing it right! Fortunately, basic economics is here to lend a helping hand.
My main observation about parental unhappiness is this: The last 10% of parenting hours causes half of all the parental unhappiness. First two hours with your kids: a joy. Second two hours: pretty good. Hours 5-8: Tolerable. Hours nine and ten: Pain. Remaining hours: Anguish. There are few better illustrations of the law of diminishing marginal utility.
Once you see this clearly, there are some obvious solutions..."
