Birth rate in Italy reaches new record low
Birth rate in Italy reaches new record low
Just over 393,000 children were born in Italy in 2022, representing a 1.7% drop over the previous year and taking the birth rate to a new record low, Istat said on Thursday. © ANSA
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The State proposes to cover up to 3,000 euros a year in social-security contributions for working mothers with two children, with the youngest being under 10, and those with three children or more, with the youngest up to 18
Hilarious that they think that's enough.
Soon the boomer cry will go from "nobody wants to work" to "nobody wants to have kids"
I guess this is going to be like when flights get oversold. They will start offering $. But then as the flight nears take off they offer $$$ then a few minutes before $$$$$$ +free flight + dinner + hotel +...
It may be too late by then. Declining population problems are not lineal but geometric in growth (or decline) so increasing incentives later on, even if effective may be too late to stop the decline. This is a much more serious issue than most people believe. And it is also quite time sensitive.
I suppose perperual growth is not good either, so what is actually the ideal? To stabilize the population numbers? And at what point?
It's great for the planet.