South Korea's government has spent $270bn since 2006 on babymaking incentives, but the results have been dismal. Paying people to have kids is not effective, as seen in various countries facing declining fertility rates. The global trend of decreasing fertility rates has led to concerns about economic, social, and geopolitical consequences. Governments worldwide are grappling with initiatives to boost birth rates, with varying degrees of success and skepticism.
"When future historians look back on the last half-century, I suspect they will pass over war, terror, and populism to settle on infertility as the decisive event of the age." @mgurri on having, and not having, children: https://t.co/uUYJvqgcUK
Man Nearly Ruins Wife’s Marathon Win by Pushing Her Kids to Her Before the Finish Line The video has garnered nearly 12 million views. Read more: https://t.co/xGLkc6zQbc
"bulk of the decline in the fertility rate in rich countries is among younger, poorer women … politicians may seize on this to aim baby-boosting policies at very young women. … But … would be bad for them and for society. Teenage pregnancies are linked to poverty & ill health…
The most progressive countries seem to think women having jobs is why fertility rates are falling, making them more reliant on immigrants to fund government programs. So they'll create a government program...to pay women to have kids. https://t.co/tpcOj06bm1
As birth rates plunge, many politicians want to pour money into policies that might lead women to have more babies. Yet these attempts are likely to fail, because they are built on a misapprehension https://t.co/aBQqJeUaWh 👇
Aging populations really are a national challenge. But right-wingers expressing concern over demographic decline also oppose immigration, surrogacy—especially for gay couples—and sometimes IVF, showing what they really prioritize. By @aselrod in @ArcDigi https://t.co/xDSIiUvuS1
Cash for Kids Why policies to boost the birth rate don't work https://t.co/C4S4do7pe9
Serious question. What do you think is causing the sudden massive collapse in birth rates after 2021 and why isn't the media talking about it? I think I know why...
I've written a lot about low fertility and I've always framed it as a big problem. If you care about continuing the economic growth, then low fertility is a massive challenge. But from a degrowth perspective, low fertility is a blessing. https://t.co/S85Dnpd46j
Paying women to have more babies is a costly and socially retrograde mistake. Governments should focus on adapting economies to baby busts instead https://t.co/KFHKaaY3oz https://t.co/m6x2QApSdg
A husband’s “entitled” act as his wife was about to cross a finish line has angered, with many arguing it exposes a grim truth about marriage. https://t.co/MxP31f9tve
From @WSJopinion: Does America need a baby boom? In this week’s Future View column, students discuss the decline in fertility rates and what to do about it https://t.co/tdiUMTC3Bu
OPINION: Where Marriage Is A Competitive Sport https://t.co/UmZRqxdvxA
"most of the decline in fertility can be directly attributed to decreasing exposure to marriage. … high immigration is not the source of France’s high fertility. … France’s pronatal policies undertaken between 1920 and 1950, and expanded in subsequent decades, have caused… https://t.co/robMvSjtSE
A stunning shift in US birth trends. Fewer Later Millennials (born 1990) and Gen Z women (born 2000) are having kids, while those that do are becoming mothers later and having fewer children. Will they catch up to women born 1950-1980, who all had ~2 kids per woman by age 40? https://t.co/xUJis8aoQW
"The cultural narrative about marriage is that it’s restrictive and outdated. But in my experience, that couldn’t be further from the truth." Click to read the full article 💍 https://t.co/YHtfqCPjpP https://t.co/EMm1Pt0eEY
"More than half the drop in America’s total fertility rate is explained by women under the age of 19 now having next to no children ... college-educated American women want on average 2.2 children—roughly as many as previous generations" https://t.co/Kh9HjTZGdA
Two crucial points from a @MoreBirths thread: "But the crisis only hits after a lag...most of us choose to live near cities." The great majority simply do not understand what will *inevitably* happen over the next two decades unless birth rates dramatically rise *very soon*: https://t.co/Zoeyj8iyyb
New: Low birthrates will devastate the global economy if not reversed. A look at what is happening with fertility numbers, why this is such a big economic problem, and what some of the solutions look like. A great primer for the uninitiated. Important 🧵, please share! https://t.co/cOyMKuMj1W
Humanity is facing an unprecedented fertility crisis and is on the verge of population decline, but no one seems to care. Let's talk about it. 🧵🧵🧵
The world is at a startling demographic milestone. The baby bust is happening so quickly and so widely that it's taken many by surprise—with huge economic, social and geopolitical consequences. 🔗https://t.co/e55gtsuTeG https://t.co/e55gtsuTeG
Lee Kuan Yew on why Government Policies aimed at increasing the birth rate which pay people money to have children will fail “If I were in charge of Singapore today, I would introduce a baby bonus equal to two years' worth of the average Singaporean's salary. The sum would be… https://t.co/5OfaP5BsZP https://t.co/OkORZGs6Fc
Officials in Japan are scrambling to pass initiatives to encourage more people to have kids. They range from the thoughtful – such as sponsoring free lunches – to the ridiculous – such as when the government floated spending taxpayer money on AI-driven matchmaking apps. https://t.co/9KaRhMb3iX
Seems like the best way for a country to stave off lowest-low fertility in the 21st century is to go back in time and start panicking about demographic decline after the Franco-Prussian War: https://t.co/XyYyeXwFnu https://t.co/btxAUJ7Lf3
“And that’s assuming a wedding is in the offing at all. Increasingly, it isn’t, not least because a fifth to a quarter of working-age men between 25 and 54 have dropped out of the labour force.” 🖊️ @SohrabAhmari https://t.co/FxDTrl4LWm
You can't just pay people to have children: this looks pretty close to an iron law of society at this point. https://t.co/RWfexbXpXy
A new survey finds the fertility rate in Mexico (~1.60) is now lower than the fertility rate in the United States (~1.64)! Fertility is collapsing faster in Latin America than anywhere else in the world, and I explained what's going on in a recent thread. https://t.co/1xzDFoIHYf https://t.co/ecEzLSIj4b
What's the real crisis: overpopulation or underpopulation? | @fredbauerblog https://t.co/2FJ5KpOa4L
How is this not a no brainer? Pay smart people to have more kids, disincentivize stupid people from having kids So simple but molds destiny on deep intergenerational level https://t.co/gb6tVPi0za
Marriage, children and what constitutes the good life have become America’s most divisive culture war. 🖊️ @SohrabAhmari https://t.co/DEtV7Ei6ri
In what world would 1% of total collective income be enough to meaningfully shift incentives around having children? Wake me when they’re spending 25% and it’s not working. https://t.co/EpgHTg55NS
This ought to puncture the notion that affordability or inequality is the source of America's Baby Bust. https://t.co/n0SfyMOagd
“What is causing this? ‘Demographic winter is coming’ as fertility rates plummet all over the globe”—@nexuseditor1 Article: https://t.co/YcCnVm1W4F
Paying people to have kids doesn't really work. https://t.co/iHQ75z9VPc
Since 2006, South Korea's government has spent $270bn, or just over 1% of GDP a year, on babymaking incentives. Here's the dismal result: https://t.co/w9qIbubGA6