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Similar successes are seen in Scandinavian countries, with an average of 1.9 children per woman in Sweden according to the World Bank's 2017 figures.
The European Commission says that female and maternal employment rates in the country "are among the highest in the EU, and child poverty is among the lowest", while parents are given a monthly allowance of up to 1,573 krona (£128; $167), which increases when the child reaches 11 and then 15.
Generous family and social benefits may play a role in their success. Swedish parents are also entitled to 480 days of paid parental leave to share between them, with men claiming about 30% of all leave.
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Scandinavia has started to see a decline in fertility rates despite family-friendly policies
Childcare is also subsidised and working hours are lower in Sweden than in many other countries. In 2018, the average Swede worked 1,474 hours, about 500 hours fewer than the average Russian.
But Prof Gauthier does note that even Scandinavia has begun to see a fall in its fertility rates, showing that the real key to higher birth rates remains unclear.
"With Scandinavia we thought they had got it right... until about last year when their fertility rate started to decline," she said.
To succeed implement successful policies and stop putting in blame on individuals.
To succeed stop policies that are ineffective like giving tax incentives which goes to higher income who don't really need it and give this money to lower income who need the financial help to have more children. They continued this ineffective policy for so many yrs already resulting in misallocation.
The whole country is put into a vicious cycle of using low birth rate as reason to import people which pushes cost of living up and that pushes birth rate further down. The high stress of importing more people onto a small island which has highest human density among countries Is just making things worse.
We need leaders willing to take up on the right long term path not towards failed polices and vicious cycles.
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