Fertility
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
Why falling fertility is not a crisis
Demographic transition has been a defining feature of many significant shifts in economic history. And yet there’s an undercurrent of doom to our recent discussions on fertility and seniority changes ...
Greater awareness and government support are birthing an IVF boom
Fertility service providers are also seeking to go regional in anticipation of future demand
National Day Rally: New parents get extra 10 weeks of paid leave, to share; mandatory paternity leave rises to four weeks
With the changes, parents of Singaporean children will get a total of 30 weeks of paid parental leave from Apr 1, 2026
