What one country's experiment says about attempts to boost birth rates
Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?
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"Judged by the aims of the policies, this is clearly a failure."
— Tomas Sobotka , Academic
"There would be hundreds of thousands of fewer children."
— Fruzsina Skrabski , Activist
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Fruzsina Skrabski is affiliated with the pro-family NGO Three Princes, Three Princesses.
Tomas Sobotka is associated with the Vienna Institute of Demography.
Viktor Orbán is the Prime Minister of Hungary, noted for his controversial political policies and influence in Central Europe.
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Why did Hungary’s pronatalist approach deliver an early rise in births only then to fall back? And what lessons does it offer to other countries desperate to lift fertility?
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