– It is important to think about all the methods that can contribute to more people wanting to have children, says Anneli Miettinen who is head of research at the Folkpensionsanstalten FPA’s research unit.
Financial incentives could be about, for example, tax breaks.
Other carrots: help strengthen the family
The report lists twenty ways to increase childbearing. In addition to financial carrots, support for functioning couple relationships and improved services for families with children are proposed, among other things.