> Social policies to improve birth rates such as enhanced parental leave, free childcare, financial incentives, and extra employment rights, may provide a small

> Social policies to improve birth rates such as enhanced parental leave, free childcare, financial incentives, and extra employment rights, may provide a small boost to fertility rates, but most countries will remain below replacement levels The poorest, most religious, and least developed countries have the highest birth rate. We should be honest with ourselves about why people aren’t having kids.