> The cost of an IVF cycle is somewhere around $20,000 USD. It's a huge cost to bear as an individual, it's a drop in the bucket for a government, and pays for

> The cost of an IVF cycle is somewhere around $20,000 USD. It's a huge cost to bear as an individual, it's a drop in the bucket for a government, and pays for itself many times over when the conceived child enters the workforce. This is extremely controversial in many circles, but subsidizing IVF for native born citizens, especially college educated, in countries like South Korea, Japan and the West has statistically better results than population increase through immigration. The effect are even more pronounced in countries with family-based immigrations, as often immigrants once settled will sponsor their aging parents into the country. Just giving incentives to these families to have a third child (bearing in mind it requires more space, larger vehicle and so on) would have outsized returns compared to the negligible costs. Note that I'm pro-immigration but it's about time we recognize it won't and can't solve all demographic problems. [0] [1] [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/03/07/the-massive-wage-gap-between-u-s-citizens-and-immigrants-infographic/?sh=440268ce3e65 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2017/03/07/the-ma... [1] https://hbr.org/2020/05/research-the-immigrant-income-gap https://hbr.org/2020/05/research-the-immigrant-income-gap