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Originally Posted by rubecube

Yep affordable child care and housing do far more to encourage reproduction than tax credits.

I don't know.
Apparently nothing does

To make having children more attractive, in recent years Berlin has increased monthly government subsidies paid to families with children, benefits for parents who stay home to care for newborns, work leave payments for new fathers and an expansion of national day care services. Despite these efforts, however, the German birthrate has remained at a constant average of 1.4 children per woman for around 40 years.
On Monday, the German Federal Institute for Population Research issued a report looking into the reasons behind the failure to increase the country's birthrate.The results are sobering. For many Germans, establishing a family has taken a backseat to a career, hobbies and friends. The report concludes that "children no longer represent a central aspect of life for all Germans."

http://m.spiegel.de/international/germany/a-873635.html