There was a dip in fertility rate among the Chinese last year, possibly due to 2022 being the Year of the Tiger. With the more auspicious Year of the Dragon coming next year, there’s reason to avoid the hype, says the Institute of Policy Studies’ Tan Poh Lin.
ne of the more curious ways in which modern society is changing is that the astrological services industry is booming, even asFor some in Singapore, zodiac lore has enough persuasive power to influence the timing of childbearing, even in this day and age.
The overall TFR hit a historic low of 1.04 in 2022, which likely also reflects marriages delayed by the pandemic and the general downtrend over the years.The preference for Dragon babies and aversion towards Tiger babies among Chinese parents correspond to the randparents may need more convincing. But the days when family elders get to decide such matters may have long gone.
With the next Dragon year just around the corner, is there potential to leverage the hype to hopefully bring about a bumper crop of babies in 2024?without significantly increasing lifetime number of children, which is what matters most for maintaining our core population. The Easterlin hypothesis, proposed by economist Richard Easterlin in the 1960s and 1970s, posits that the economic and social well-being of a cohort are tied to its relative size, and predicts that members of larger cohorts suffer from poorer life prospects due to increased competition.
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