1 March 2024
Weekly Wrap Up: Singapore's fertility rate hits record low, should we be worried?
For the first time ever, Singapore’s resident total fertility rate has dropped below 1.0. Preliminary estimates show that the total fertility rate fell to 0.97 in 2023, declining further from the previous record of 1.04 in 2022 and 1.12 in 2021.
What are the factors leading to the new low? And should we be worried?
Dr Mathew Mathews, Head, Social Lab, and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore shares his views.

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14 May 2021
Weekly Wrap Up: Racism, discrimination and the race card have no place in Singapore
Why are we seeing an increase in alleged racist attacks in Singapore in the recent months? And what is being done to prevent this from happening further? Mathew Mathews, Head, Social Lab, and Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of Policy Studies, National University of Singapore shares more.

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