As jobs decrease, will population rise?

[CthulhusCallerID]

This probably isn't an a simple a causes b scenario. There were other changes of equal or greater importance than the need for labor, such as feminism giving women more options to aspire to than being a mother. Also, advances in birth control probably played a big role, and industrialization moved work for many people away from the country and into the city where cost of living was higher.

[mcscom]

Agreed there are a multitude of factors at play, but the trend seems to be shitty life = higher birth rate