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>>anigbr+(OP)
I wonder if offering a more generous Nordic-socialism style maternity policy would help.

There's a bunch of cultural reasons for the low birthrate but a bunch of encouraging benefits might help address that.

>>kristo+yp
Japan is way too densely populated in comparison to Nordic countries. It is difficult to alter a country's socioeconomic status by mimicking some foreign policies originated from a country of desired template.

>>Teeorb+1q
How is population density related to social benefits?

>>Hamuko+Qq
In fact, it should be the opposite. You get way more economy of scales in providing a social safety net in dense areas than in sparse areas. Hospitals can cover more people, social workers can handle more cases, public transportation becomes cheaper, etc.

>>greisk+5u
Scale economy is too simplistic, that it is ignoring loads of social aspects of a realistic economy. Also population cannot be stacked together costlessly(scale economy within a limited landscape), just imagine this place, can you live there?

In fact, no single one highly and densely populated developed region can have a significant positive growth in population. There is much more than just scale of economy.