Why Paying People to Have Babies is a Billion-Dollar Mistake

Explains how birth-rate policies can miss broader incentives shaping family decisions.

Pensions & social securityExplainerintroductoryaging populationchild benefitsdependency ratiofamily incentivesfertility policylabor supply

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