"Policies that raise [women's] lifetime earnings lower fertility, while those that boost fertility reduce lifetime earnings."

"The increase in [female] non-employment raises fertility. With fewer job prospects, non-employed women have more incentives to have children."

The paper finds that among all studied fertility-boosting policies, only promotion subsidies improve both fertility and earnings, recommending this as a solution.

In reality, this means taking money from men (women don't pay taxes) to overpromote women at the cost of men competing within the same companies.

Source: Guner (2025), Family-Friendly Policies and Fertility
https://doi.org/10.53479/41858

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