If you want to bring the birth rate down to Taiwan levels, abolish compulsory primary education. I tend to agree that schools are piss-poor places to learn anything, but they are excellent in terms of getting kids away from parents so that they can work and have some type of break (especially for those who don't have family close by). It's already a big ask for parents to sacrifice 5 years of their careers for a child; they're not gonna do 18.
If you want to bring the birth rate down to Taiwan levels, abolish compulsory primary education. I tend to agree that schools are piss-poor places to learn anything, but they are excellent in terms of getting kids away from parents so that they can work and have some type of break (especially for those who don't have family close by). It's already a big ask for parents to sacrifice 5 years of their careers for a child; they're not gonna do 18.
It's more complicated than you think! https://www.betonit.ai/p/the-obvious-once-you-think-about
The link to West's findings is broken.
"Secondly, it is inevitable that the power to subsidize brings with it the power to regulate and control."
Alas, the state already has the power to regulate and control even without subsidizing. So that particular argument against subsidy fails.
(I find the others pretty convincing; but then, I have taught.)