Birth rates halve in richer countries as costs weigh, OECD report says

This is what Singapore does. Although the government provides substantial aid to new citizen families, the unspoken preference is for the immigration authority to shape national demographics by filtering the educational, racial and cultural intake. and by far the most prioritized group for immigration are malaysians of chinese descent with tertiary education. despite the sheer number of applicants from this group, the wait for citizenship is extremely short, some say as low as 3 months after application.

the straits chinese have the lowest fertility rate among all the major racial groups in singapore, and yet mysteriously the proportion has not changed in the last 10 years.

Australia went hard on immigration for a hot minute there when the new Labour governent got into power post Covid.

And they've now realised we dont have any housing for them!

Note: I'm pro Labour and pro Immigration :-)

> https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/mar/21/migra...

This raises an incredibly rude "question" that I don't expect there to be an answer for: just how much "better" are the results for paying more for people over their early lifetime?

I don't think there is a good answer for it, from any perspective. Other than perhaps the honest "I don't know."

I for one am shocked—shocked!—that spending decades raising the cost of housing (a fundamental input to children) has reduced the number of children had: https://www.amazon.com/Rent-Too-Damn-High-Matters-ebook/dp/B....

this is a failing strategy given that sources of that workforce has already a sub-replacement birth rates.

You are essentially draining other countries of its population to temporary plug in your hole.

Also a rapid migration from clashing culture backgrounds will introduce permanent cultural frictions and clashes into host country, all for a temporary increase of workforce.

The sub-replacement birth-rates is the biggest problem the majority of developed countries are facing now

Too costly for domestic production.

There's a Netflix show, 3%, that very much resonates with that idea in the first season.

Good analogy. In both cases, it guts the richer country’s ability to be self-sustaining.

It works as long as you import them young, healthy and somewhat trained in something that is not crime.

On a serious note, this is another prime example on why borders are stupid. Eventually you will perish within your own borders.

Embrace the bordersless future!

Nailed it. The opportunity cost is simply too high for educated, empowered women.

> in German schools they teach material critical of "The American Dream", could be because they're afraid of brain drain

As someone who went to school and has kids in school in Germany, I'll say "citation needed".

Lessons in history and politics are very navel gazing here (as they should be, we do have a few things to work through). America and the 21st century don't feature enough to reach a subjective level of detail.

For Germans who want to earn more, Switzerland is the easy choice either for emigration or simply commuting.

With the rise in remote work, I would assume that in the next decade(s), other drivers of our emigration won't favor the US either:

- refugees wanting to return to their home once things calm down there

- climate

- rise of right wing politics, especially in East Germany

- interest in substantially different cultures