Is Hungary Experiencing a Policy-Induced Baby Boom?
Pro-family policies that work.
It has long been considered that low fertility rates were irreversible, and that countries suffering such low rates would continue to spiral ever downward.
But Hungary is not just experiencing a fertility spike; it’s turning things around in a way that demographers once thought couldn’t happen.
In 2015, the government of Hungary announced a major new policy: families would be given generous subsidies to buy or build new homes, and the subsidies would scale up based on their marital status and the number of children they had.
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