[thablackbull]

> In China you were fined when you had more than one child. In Singapore, you were not. It was just a publicity campaign, basically.

Well it would appear in Singapore, you were effectively fined anyways, just in a roundabout way, so I'm not sure how then that translates into less coercive.

> To help convince parents that fewer were better, the government legalized abortion and encouraged voluntary sterilization. Hospital fees went up as a woman had more babies, working mothers were allowed only two paid maternity leaves and a family’s third, fourth and subsequent children were given a lower priority in the choice of and admission to schools. [1]

[1] https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-21-mn-8983-s...

[refurb]

Singapore heavily subsidizes what they want and then removes it for things they don’t.

Your quote is correct. But today, since they want more kids, you actually get more with the 3rd, 4th, etc kid - bigger bonus, school priority, savings account, tax rebate. There are half a dozen programs to help. It apparently adds up to over S$100,000 in benefits per kid over their childhood.

https://www.msf.gov.sg/policies/Strong-and-Stable-Families/S...