"It’s ‘almost free’ to have a baby in Finland—and feels like ‘the whole country is providing for a child’" (Comments by Emily Oster)
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Emily Oster, provided commentary on the "baby box," a box filled with free baby items that is given to every new parent in Finland after having a baby. Oster calls the box "emblematic of a much larger difference, which is that in many other places you get a lot of social supports after you have a baby."
February 22, 2020 CNBC
Professor of Economics and International and Public Affairs, Emily Oster, provided commentary on the "baby box," a box filled with free baby items that is given to every new parent in Finland after having a baby. Oster calls the box "emblematic of a much larger difference, which is that in many other places you get a lot of social supports after you have a baby."