Fertility
Having a child can be a financial mistake, but that’s okay
The costs of raising kids are high, and parents’ employability may suffer
Children are national assets. Our support must reflect that
A case for treating children as Singapore’s long-term equity
Budget 2026: Singapore’s total fertility rate at new low of 0.87 in 2025; new workgroup to relook family support strategies
Republic faces an ‘existential challenge’: One in five of its citizens is 65 or older, up from one in eight 10 years ago, DPM Gan warns
How keeping up with the Joneses in parenting is crimping fertility
A new study urges policymakers to consider taxing private education or scaling back favourable treatment
Is marriage just another high-risk investment?
The reason given for singledom is an eminently practical one: ‘together costs’ are spiralling
Don’t panic about the global fertility crash
A world with fewer people would not be all bad
China unveils childcare subsidies in push to boost fertility
[BEIJING] China rolled out on Monday an annual childcare subsidy of 3,600 yuan (S$645) until age three, as authorities look to spur a flagging birth rate with fewer young people choosing to have child...
Let large families buy new HDB 3Gen flats and enjoy priority for 4- and 5-bedder exec condos
Apart from financial incentives, housing policy changes can help support families with three children or more
South Korea’s fertility rate edges up for first time in years
The outlook for fertility remains uncertain as fewer people may be lining up to tie the knot
Economists weigh in after Tesla CEO Elon Musk says Singapore is ‘going extinct’ amid low birth rate
They look at issues such as the role that automation and foreign labour can play to supplement the shrinking workforce
