Why aren't incentives working for Singapore's falling fertility rate? | Deep Dive podcast

Singapore’s total fertility rate has fallen to a historic low of 0.97. Citizens aren’t having enough children to sustain population numbers and all the money spent to encourage procreation doesn’t seem to work.

Steven Chia and Crispina Robert talk about what’s causing the decline with Dr Norman Li, psychology professor at the Singapore Management University, and mother of one, Holly Fang.

0:00 Intro
1:57 Factors contributing to a low birth rate
5:13 What's the impact of stress?
8:20 The opportunity cost for women
11:18 Are government policies effective?
14:45 Workplace measures to support families
17:32 Other solutions to raise TFR

Part 2 available here: https://cna.asia/4bquvay

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