Euston Quah and Eugene Or

BOTH WRITERS ARE FROM THE ECONOMIC SOCIETY OF SINGAPORE (ESS). EUSTON QUAH, PRESIDENT OF THE ESS, IS THE ALBERT WINSEMIUS CHAIR PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AND DIRECTOR OF THE ECONOMIC GROWTH CENTRE AT THE NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY, SINGAPORE. EUGENE OR, HONORARY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE ESS, IS A LECTURER AT THE SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES.

Not all who choose not to have children are responding to the same constraints, say the writers.

Fertility is not a ‘single problem’

If the reasons for not having children are varied, the policy response must be too