{"id":20969,"date":"2025-04-25T19:37:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/could-a-5000-baby-bonus-convince-americans-to-have-more-kids-heres-what-the-data-shows\/"},"modified":"2025-04-25T19:37:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T19:37:48","slug":"could-a-5000-baby-bonus-convince-americans-to-have-more-kids-heres-what-the-data-shows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/could-a-5000-baby-bonus-convince-americans-to-have-more-kids-heres-what-the-data-shows\/","title":{"rendered":"Could a $5,000 &#8220;baby bonus&#8221; convince Americans to have more kids? Here&#8217;s what the data shows."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Americans are having fewer babies, with the annual birth rate now standing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/data\/vsrr\/vsrr038.pdf?CDC_AA_refVal=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cdc.gov%2Fnchs%2Fupdates%2Ffeature-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">near a record low<\/a>. It&#8217;s a trend that has implications for the nation&#8217;s long-term outlook \u2014 and has drawn attention from the Trump administration, with the New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/04\/21\/us\/politics\/trump-birthrate-proposals.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reporting<\/a> that a proposal for a $5,000 &#8220;baby bonus&#8221; may be one option for juicing the birth rate.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sounds like a good idea to me,&#8221; President Trump said on Tuesday at a White House event when asked about the possibility of a federal baby bonus.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yet the idea may be far from becoming a reality, with a White House official telling CBS MoneyWatch that no final decision on such a plan has been made.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A declining birth rate can spell long-term economic problems, including a shrinking labor force that&#8217;s financially strapped to pay for medical services and retirement benefits for an aging population. But reversing a nation&#8217;s declining birth rate could take far more than a one-time payment that, for most parents, would be quickly consumed by the costs of diapers, child care and other essentials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Other countries with similar demographic trends have tried an array of strategies to revive their birth rates, but in most cases with short-lived results or no impact at all.<\/p>\n<p>Some experts point out that by tackling long-standing economic issues \u2014 such as providing affordable day care and paid parental leave after the birth of a child \u2014 the government could provide a more hospitable environment for families. The U.S. is one of a only a handful of nations that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oysterhr.com\/library\/guide-to-maternity-leave-in-countries-around-the-world#:~:text=What%20countries%20don't%20have,Tonga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">doesn&#8217;t provide paid leave<\/a> for parents, including countries such as Papua New Guinea and Suriname.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;President Trump is proudly implementing policies to uplift American families, from securing order [at the] border to keep violent criminals out of our communities, to lowering taxes and the cost of living,&#8221; White House spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in an email in response to a question about the baby bonus idea. &#8220;The President wants America to be a country where all children can safely grow up and achieve the American dream.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what to know about baby bonuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How much has the U.S. birth rate declined?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>About 3.6 million babies were born in the U.S. last year, according to the most recent CDC data. That&#8217;s little changed from the prior year, when the number of births hit <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/us-birth-rate-drops-record-low-2023-after-pandemic-uptick\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">a new record low<\/a><\/span>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The fertility rate, or the average number of children born to each woman in the U.S., dropped to about 1.6 in 2023, down from 3.7 in 1960, when the nation was in the midst of the post-war baby boom, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/fred.stlouisfed.org\/series\/SPDYNTFRTINUSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">data<\/a> from the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis.<\/p>\n<h2>What&#8217;s causing the decline?<\/h2>\n<p>That&#8217;s unclear from an economic or policy standpoint, according to economists Melissa Kearney of University of Maryland, Philip Levine of Wellesley College and Luke Pardue of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, the authors of a 2022\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/econofact.org\/the-mystery-of-the-declining-u-s-birth-rate#:~:text=As%20of%202020%2C%20the%20U.S.,early%20stages%20of%20the%20decline.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">analysis<\/a> of the birth rate decline in the economics publication Econofact.<\/p>\n<p>But, they added, &#8220;Shifting priorities could be the primary driver for the decline in the birth rate since 2007.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Survey and anecdotal data suggests that &#8220;young adults have different preferences for having children, aspirations for life and views about parenting norms that are driving the decline in the U.S. birth rates,&#8221; they wrote.<\/p>\n<h2>Could financial incentives increase the birth rate?\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>Other countries that have tried similar monetary incentives have had mixed success.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Australia introduced a baby bonus in 2004, providing $3,000 Australian dollars to parents for each birth, an amount that was eventually hiked to A$5,000.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After an initial bump in births when the policy was introduced, Australia&#8217;s birth rate has continued to decline, dropping from about 2 children on average for each woman to about 1.5 in 2023, below the U.S. rate, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abs.gov.au\/statistics\/people\/population\/births-australia\/latest-release\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">according<\/a> to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, Hungary has introduced a number of incentives to convince its citizens to have more children, from providing baby grants to tax breaks for families with three or more children. Its birth rate increased slightly in the 2010s after hitting a record low of about 1.2 in 2011.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after rising to 1.6 in 2021, Hungary&#8217;s birth rate is once again dropping, demographic data <a href=\"https:\/\/data.worldbank.org\/indicator\/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?locations=HU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Baby bonuses have not worked for Hungary. Why would we replicate this here in [the U.S.]?&#8221; wrote Gabriella Hoffman, the director of the Center for Energy and Conservation at Independent Women&#8217;s Forum, in a social media post.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How much does it cost to raise a child?<\/h2>\n<p>Raising a child in the U.S. doesn&#8217;t come cheap, with one recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lendingtree.com\/debt-consolidation\/raising-a-child-study\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">analysis<\/a> finding parents will spend about $300,000 to raise a child to age 18.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>How would a U.S. baby bonus work?<\/h2>\n<p>Typically such incentives are paid either through a tax credit or a government check, similar to the stimulus checks that were given to millions of households during the pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Already, the U.S. has a Child Tax Credit of about $2,000 per child, but that is claimed on a parent&#8217;s annual tax return, which means families must wait until tax season to collect the benefit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unlike the Child Tax Credit, a baby bonus could come right after a child is born \u2014 there would be no wait until next year&#8217;s tax season to get the money that parents need for a crib and a car seat today,&#8221; wrote senior policy analyst Leah Sargeant in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niskanencenter.org\/newborn-needs-the-case-for-an-american-baby-bonus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">recent post<\/a> at the Niskanen Center, a political think tank. &#8220;It can be more generously structured than the CTC because it is a supplement for a single, critical year, not an ongoing payment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>How much would a $5,000 baby bonus cost the U.S.?<\/h2>\n<p>If the parent of every child born in the U.S. annually qualified for a $5,000 bonus, the cost could mount to more than $15 billion a year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That could be tough to pass at a time when Republican lawmakers are seeking to reduce federal spending in order to pay for an extension of Mr. Trump&#8217;s tax cuts, which is currently part of a <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/what-comes-next-for-trumps-big-beautiful-bill-reconciliation\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">bill advancing in Congress<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- data-recirc-source=\"queryly\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation \">\n<p><h3 class=\"component__title\">More from CBS News<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>    <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/aimee-picchi\/\" class=\"content-author__name\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Aimee  Picchi<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"content-author__bio\">\n<div class=\"content-author__full-information\">\n<p class=\"content-author__text\">Aimee Picchi is the associate managing editor for CBS MoneyWatch, where she covers business and personal finance. 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