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01:30 < TMA> there is reportedly some plasticity left even in adulthood. chewing hard food is reportedly sufficient to induce the changes
01:41 < jrayhawk> It just takes years.
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07:11 < andytoshi> >TIANMEN, China—Early last year, this quiet city in central China started offering serious cash incentives for couples to have more children, up to around $13,000 for a second child and $23,000 for a third. Births surged 17% for the full year.
07:12 < andytoshi> this is from a WSJ article, which also talks about broader economic changes to grow the city mainly by drawing people away from the coasts, and it's a single year data point, so it's hard to read anything at all into this
07:12 < andytoshi> but OTOH these numbers are a fair bit larger than what you usually see for government birth subsidies
07:13 < andytoshi> so it's interesting if they have a measurable effect
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07:29 < kanzure> andytoshi: one policy thing i'd like to poke at is, what if you try policysubsidy for people in your country who have recently reproduced and you pay them to move to a family center city and subsidy for more kids
07:29 < kanzure> this is a little bit different from current initiatives, because it focuses on people who have already demonstrated an ability and interest in reproducing
07:30 < kanzure> oh, nevermind
07:30 < kanzure> hungary's incentive was for first timers tho i think
07:30 < andytoshi> so it's interesting if they have a measurable effective than simple pay-for-birth subsidies
07:31 < andytoshi> kanzure: oh, that's an interesting idea. and seems much more likely to be effecitve than simple pay-for-birth subsidies
07:31 < andytoshi> sorry, hand bumped scrollwheel while typing..
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