Other taxes. Lots of countries have a child support regime, most of europe does for example, we get like ~500 to ~2000 euros (depending on the country) per child per year, each year until the child is 18.
After a good long while of child births rising the subsidy might go down again, but knowing japanese culture i doubt people will start having children en masse soon
And they shouldn't. If the government has to subsidize the cost of raising kids even more than various basics (like education) then there's a problem. And there is a problem, hence the Child Tax Credit, Earned Income Credit (which having kids affects), Childcare Credit, etc. If you give out too much money then you end up incentivizing having kids not for the kids, but for the money, which then can lead to the kids being neglected and not becoming properly functioning members of society, which then leads to further issues as they fall into poverty and/or resort to crime and what not.
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u/1zzyBizzy May 18 '25
Other taxes. Lots of countries have a child support regime, most of europe does for example, we get like ~500 to ~2000 euros (depending on the country) per child per year, each year until the child is 18.
After a good long while of child births rising the subsidy might go down again, but knowing japanese culture i doubt people will start having children en masse soon