ZODIAC BIRTH TIMING’S COSMIC IRONY
Is it possible to take advantage of the enthusiasm to hopefully produce a car crop of children in 2024 with the upcoming Dragon year just around the corner?
There is no doubt that Singapore would gain from a higher TFR, but studies indicate that alphabet preferences mainly affect timing without significantly increasing the number of children born, which is what is most important for maintaining our core population.
More importantly, study strongly suggests that having multiple births in one month is actually a terrible idea. A larger baby population leads to increased parental rivals and anxiety, such as for Primary 1 registration, operational headaches for the country, and unfavorable outcomes for children. & nbsp,
The economic and social well-being of a group are correlated with its comparative dimensions, according to the Easterlin speculation, put forth by analyst Richard Easterling in the 1960s and 1970s. It also predicts that members of larger cohorts have worse career prospects as the result of increased competition.
Our research supported the theory by demonstrating that, in comparison to non-Chinese baby groups, Taiwanese Chinese born in the Year of the Dragon earn less money. Another population groups that enter the job market at the same time as creatures, such as non-Chinese people born in the Dragon Year and people who are two years younger than they should be due to National Service, also seem to experience negative income effects.
Contrarily, there is no proof of worse results for the less metaphysically appealing Tiger children.
The irony of alphabet birth timing is that, despite the lack of medical support for superstitious beliefs, the best course of action is to constantly steer clear of the hype rather than ignore it.
Tan Poh Lin is a Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and Institute of Policy Studies.