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We’ve known this for two decades – countries have offered cash payments, childcare benefits and more – and there is no sustainable change in the fertility rate.
This writer argues that what has occurred is a change in “status” – having many children is no longer a source of societal status.
S. Korea spent $200b trying to increase its birthrate. Hungary spends 5% of GDP.
— Johann Kurtz (@JohannKurtz) August 23, 2024
Both are failing.
Yet the small country of Georgia spiked its birthrate massively without spending a dollar. How?
They understood that fertility isn't about money. It's about status. pic.twitter.com/grCUwHwmJa
