Government officials from Hungary, Brazil, Poland, and the United States gathered in Washington DC last week to discuss policies that promote the growth of nuclear families as fertility rates in the West plunge below replacement levels.
The second International Conference on Family Policy was hosted by the Hungarian Embassy in partnership with the Embassy of Brazil and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Hungary’s pro-family policies have become of a model for other countries looking to incentivise family growth. Some parents are eligible to receive loans of up to €30,000 to help them pay for such things as a home mortgage. And those loans can be written off if families have three children or more.
Hungary’s list of incentives and benefits for parents also includes a state-funded day care system, three years of paid parental leave, free kindergarten, and subsidised vacations.
Beginning in January 2020, mothers with four children or more will also receive an exemption from paying income taxes.
