Posted on 06/20/2013 12:25:51 AM PDT by TexGrill
The birth rate in Russia grew 30 percent since 2007, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection Maxim Topilin said on Wednesday.
In his interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station, the minister attributed the trend in part to the introduction of the so-called "maternity capital" on January 1, 2007.
"During this period, the birth rate increased by 30 percent," Topilin said without giving the exact figures. Growth was attributed "to the introduction of the maternity capital, among other things."
In a bid to encourage families to have more than one child, all women who gave birth to their second child after January 1, 2007 are eligible for a government-issued benefit of almost 409,000 rubles (about $12,600).
The benefit is not paid in cash, but parents can spend the money to improve their housing conditions, pay for their children's education or put the money towards a pension.
(Excerpt) Read more at themoscowtimes.com ...
Lots of Russians seem to be coming to New England. Personally, from what I have seen of their women, I think they should bring even more over.
According to our government, mixed or non white. Realistically they could choose whichever on admission forms and job applications though.
If people are having children for money rather than actually wanting children, there will be a price to pay later on.
Yes, but I still consider it better than China’s one-child policy.
Russia’s increase in fertility is a huge achievement and worth bragging about. Many countries have tried to raise fertility but their successes have been minimal and temporary while most have failed.
I think in that case, there are many more nonwhite/mixed people in the population. Certainly most “blacks” are in fact mixed, and I suspect the same is true of “Asians” in Hawaii and many “whites” in some southern areas. The whole system is bananas and in my opinion a means of avoiding hard issues and hard work.
And it won’t work, either. Jonathan Last, a demographer, has a book called What to Expect When No One’s Expecting, and he gives the details of similar efforts all around the first world, and no nation has been able to get its fertility rate up by simply paying for babies. The rate will rubber band up for a minute, but then fall again and usually lower than it started. There ARE some strategies that work better than others, and I have captured them all in a post on my blog that asserts his findings should be the basis for a third pro-life party, The White Lily Blog, just google it if you’re interested. Mr. Last says that the only country that has actually rebounded apparently long term from a TFR of less than 1.5 is Georgia, and only because it had retained faith in its orthodox church, and only because that church took an active role in rebuilding the family. So. The Catholic Church? Not so much. Vatican II endorsed the false notion of over-population, quietly, by simply dropping emphasis on the ancient and good teaching.
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