02-14-2025, 12:25 PM
(02-14-2025, 09:59 AM)MidTowner Wrote: If you have seen some evidence that subsidized day care works to increase fertility rates, I'd love to see it. I personally doubt it- but it's still probably good policy for all sorts of reasons.
Here is a study that used pretty high-quality data from Germany, that indicates a significant impact from the availability of child care. Still probably not enough to get to a replacement level fertility rate, but still an improvement.
https://www.cesifo.org/en/publications/2...d-care-and

