The Hardest Interview 2 -

This creates negative feedback: If boys exceed girls nationally, (p_n < 0.5), and vice versa. At each step, before having another child, the family estimates current national ratio (\hatR) using:

For large (N) families, this is approximately deterministic: the hardest interview 2

| (\lambda) | Final national (E[b/g]) | Avg. children per family | Avg. utility per family | |-------------|----------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| | 0.05 | 1.023 | 2.91 | 0.955 | | 0.10 | 1.007 | 2.68 | 0.891 | | 0.15 | 0.994 | 2.44 | 0.847 | This creates negative feedback: If boys exceed girls

where (b', g') are updated after one more child, assuming (p_n) based on their estimate (\hatR). and vice versa. At each step