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Under the slogan "Have three or more!", Singapore pushed a campaign in 1988 offering 12 weeks maternity leave for mothers of 4+ children. The government also offered larger and larger child benefits for each child a family had. | Under the slogan "Have three or more!", Singapore pushed a campaign in 1988 offering 12 weeks maternity leave for mothers of 4+ children. The government also offered larger and larger child benefits for each child a family had. | ||
The program was aimed at tackling the fall in birthrate due to men and women deciding not to have families, and persue a career instead.<ref name="What is the difference between pro-natalist policies and anti-natalist policies?"/> | |||
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Revision as of 00:43, 9 May 2018
A pro-natalist policy is a program a government may adopt in order to encourage a higher birthrate of its population.[1]
Cases
Singapore
Under the slogan "Have three or more!", Singapore pushed a campaign in 1988 offering 12 weeks maternity leave for mothers of 4+ children. The government also offered larger and larger child benefits for each child a family had. The program was aimed at tackling the fall in birthrate due to men and women deciding not to have families, and persue a career instead.[1]