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Why Hungary’s lavish family subsidies failed to spur a baby boom

Julia Scharle, 33, has benefited from some of the world’s most generous schemes to support childbearing.

Julia Scharle, 33, has benefited from some of the world’s most generous schemes to support childbearing. As the Hungarian mother and her husband had their three children, they received more than €80,000 (S$116,000) in grants and loans from the government, including a grant of about €6,000 to help them buy a new Renault Scenic minivan – large enough to carry everyone.