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| Hungarian fertility rates boom thanks to ‘family culture' in Hungary |
| 2018-07-13 |
| h/t Gates of Vienna With demographic decline being the overarching issue across Europe, Hungary seems to be bucking the trend. The fertility rate amongst married women has risen significantly in the past few years, defying commentators who have claimed it was impossible. Hungarian women are more likely to get married than their Western European counterparts, significantly also marrying at a younger age to increase the chance of fertility. Government policies, such as tax deductions for families with children and subsidies for families buying houses, have clearly encouraged family growth, but it is seen that the "pro-family culture" dominating Hungary currently is the bigger factor. Prime Minister Viktor Orban has made it clear that the problem of declining populations will only be remedied by larger families and rising fertility rates, dismissing mass immigration as an alternative. With Orban claiming that liberal democracies have failed "to strengthen families", he has pledged to ensure Hungary "is able to sustain its own population level". |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #6 The other thing is that a focus on income taxes rather than capitalist land title taxes tends to also artificially increase density (and thus rents). |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-13 08:46 |
| #5 Europe will undergo a demographic implosion in the next 20 years. It has already happened. It just needs a generation to play out. No young people, no spending, massive cuts in government. It's over. Best get out now. It's only going to cost us more and more to subsidize their defense. While they cut spending, we'll have to increase to fill the gap. Trump is right to send this horse to the glue factory. |
| Posted by: Herb McCoy 2018-07-13 08:35 |
| #4 BP, can I recommend Fishman, M. A. (1997). Density effects in population growth: an exploration. Biosystems, 40(3), 219-236. ? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-13 08:05 |
| #3 IF population density was too high in the past then below replacement is OK. I don't support Marxism full stop. This is marxism, but with non left PR, don't fall for it. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-13 08:00 |
| #2 We're talking below vs. above replacement level, BP. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2018-07-13 07:23 |
| #1 Is a higher population density better? Throughout history the opposite has been true. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2018-07-13 06:37 |