Throwing money at the problem (e.g. subsidizing healthcare, maternity leave, etc) probably doesn't help. Look at e.g. Australia and other rich western nations.

Throwing money at the problem (e.g. subsidizing healthcare, maternity leave, etc) probably doesn't help. Look at e.g. Australia and other rich western nations. Per capita health care spending is very high. Per capita wealth is very high. Amount of government money spent on various family support programmes is extremely high. Fertility is still low. Lower than poorer nations, in fact. Partly I think it's because teenagers / young adults are heavily discouraged from pregnancy. Maybe we should as a society push people to marry early, e.g. soon as they finish high school / during uni.