Why cash alone won’t solve Japan’s baby deficit

Record low birth rates in Japan have led Prime Minister Fumio Kishida to allocate as much as 3.6 trillion yen (US$22.3 billion) per annum in an attempt to reverse the trend. But fertility-boosting policy measures have historically had limited success due to the country’s conservative family values a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Takao, Yasuo
Format: Journal Article
Published: Crawford School of Public Policy in the ANU College of Asia & the Pacific at The Australian National University 2024
Online Access:https://eastasiaforum.org/quarterly/
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95554