To encourage young educated women to have babies, the Singaporean government provides generous family and maternity benefits, unlike Australia’s paltry family provisions. For example, Singaporean women can claim eight weeks paid maternity leave as well as a generous baby bonus scheme that includes government payments and contribution to a Children Development Account (CDA) for the first six years of a child’s life (see the extensive www.familytown.gov.sg). In addition, Singaporean middle and upper class women have access to live-in maids and cheap imported domestic labour (Keng-Howe and Liao, 1999). With this in view, the second hypothesis is presented:
To encourage young educated women to have babies, the Singaporean government provides generous family and maternity benefits, unlike Australia’s paltry family provisions. For example, Singaporean women can claim eight weeks paid maternity leave as well as a generous baby bonus scheme that includes government payments and contribution to a Children Development Account (CDA) for the first six years of a child’s life (see the extensive www.familytown.gov.sg). In addition, Singaporean middle and upper class women have access to live-in maids and cheap imported domestic labour (Keng-Howe and Liao, 1999). With this in view, the second hypothesis is presented:
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