Slowing Birthrates Weigh on Europe's Weak Economies

This small town is facing another year of austerity enforced by Portugal's bailout lenders, but there is one category of expenses the mayor says he won't cut: birth incentives—the awards of up to €1,000 ($1,300) to new mothers, as well as free nursery services and tax breaks on homes for young couples.


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