Saturday, July 11, 2009

LOW FERTILITY RATES IN SEVERAL DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Nowadays , developed countries encouraged it's people to increases the birth rates to balance it's increasing demands . Countries from East Asia and all the way to the America are all encouraging their people to increase their countries birth rates . In exception to China and India who are already overcrowded with population . In countries like Austria , Singapore , Germany , Australia , and France . The government have set up several incentives for parents who have a big family .

The first incentives was to give money to lower-earning mother who have a baby till the baby was about three years old . Such a country is Austria . Austria which have a moderate amount of citizen needs a higher birth rates to meet it's demand because of it's increasing economy . But sadly It's birth rates drop slightly from year 2006 to the year 2007 .

The second incentives was to give bonuses to mother's who had just given birth . Such a country is Singapore . In Singapore , a mother who had just given birth will receive a fully-paid ' three month leave . The government will also assist in savings health care and the children education's for the mother . to show It's need to increase the birth rates in the country , the Singaporean government also gives tax debates to families who have two or more children .

Germany uses the third incentives , which is to give compensation to a big family . sixty seven percent wage compensation for a year will be given to parents who have a big family . The third incentives is in Australia . The country gave away four thousand of It's dollars to family for each birth of a baby . this in turn have given Australia an increase in It's birth rates .

The fifth incentives was undertaken by France . France , who have the highest birth rates than any of the developed countries listed have the highest increase in birth rates from the year 2006 to the year 2007 . The government gave a year monthly allowance of about seven hundred francs for the third child in every family . This gave a huge boost in increasing the birth rates in the country .

In conclusion , several incentives was taken by developing countries to increases It,s birth rates to meet It's demand in the fast pace of increasing economy

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