There is a high negative correlation between income inequality and low fertility globally. The higher the income inequality, the lower the birth rate.
Anecdotally people can see it for themselves in the USA and Europe where income inequality is much lower than singapore, Korea or Hong Kong, the birth rates are much higher.
another unsubstantiated, unproven bs.
african countries have some of the world's worst income inequality, yet all 3 major fertility rate reports (un, cia, world bank) ranked these african countries among the top 25 in births per woman.
on the flip side, sg is ranked by the u.n. among countries such as japan, lithuania, slovakia, czech, poland, bosnia & herzegovina, ukraine.... countries known for low income inequality. even south korea is ranked by the u.n. lower than sg. the world bank ranked sg among countries such as latvia and bosnia. only the cia ranked sg lowest, below macau, taiwan and hk.
obviously, sg suffers the same fertility rate ailments similar to "pressure cooker" asian cities such as macau, hk and taiwanese cities. it has more to do with the lack of space, time, mood, atmosphere, desire, lifestyle than mere bs theories on income equality. larger asian pressure cooker countries such as japan and south korea fare much better than these 4 tiny specks.
in the u.s., most of those who have more kids are not the wealthy but the lower middle to low income among hispanics, filipinos, religious right, and white trash. the wealthier you are, the less kids you have.
