Finance and fertility: the effects of heavy taxation on the birth rate.
Increasing taxation since World War II has been a factor in reducing the marriage rate and consequently the birth rate in Australia, as a result of raising the cost of living indicated by the retail price index. Taxation has increased enormously though the population has not.
D001315:Australia; D001723:Birth Rate; D006801:Humans; D007183:Income Tax; D008393:Marriage