He also wrote that another factor that affects this decision is the long wait for affordable housing and couples may have passed the peak years for fertility when they finally get their own place.“Issues like education, housing, and jobs are matters of public policy, and there are known solutions that can help navigate and mitigate the forces of globalization, inequality, and technological change,” the MP, who teaches economics at ESSEC Business School, wrote.
From 2000 to 2010, Singapore’s birth rate had been at 2 for every ever-married female aged 40 to 49, and in the decade that followed, it fell to 1.8.population.gov.sg
Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)
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