Li Jia

THE WRITER IS IS DEAN AND LEE KONG CHIAN PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS AT SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY, AND A PILLAR LEAD AT THE RESILIENT WORKFORCES INSTITUTE.

Policy cannot tell people how many children to have, but it can narrow the distance between how many children they want and they feel able to have.

S$70,000 is a big number for the NDR baby package. It might not be enough to boost fertility rate

2026-09-15T23:00:00.000Z