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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787677403321

Titolo

Fertility and public policy : how to reverse the trend of declining birth rates / / edited by Noriyuki Takayama and Martin Werding

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011

ISBN

0-262-29512-1

0-262-29565-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

CESifo seminar series

Disciplina

363.9/1

Soggetti

Fertility, Human - Economic aspects

Family policy - Economic aspects

Birth control - Government policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Fertility and Public Policy; 2 The Economics of the Family and Its Policy Implications; 3 Low Fertility and Population Aging in Germany and Japan; 4 Effects of Public Policies and Labor Market on the Fertility of Japanese Women; 5 On the Persistence of Low Birth Rates in Japan; 6 An Evaluation of a Pronatal Subsidy in Korea; 7 Fertility Transition and Its Socioeconomic Impacts in China; 8 Fertility and Social Policy; 9 Family Policies and Fertility in Sweden

10 Does Fertility Respond to Work and Family-life Reconciliation Policies in France?11 Given That People Live Longer, Why Should We Worry That Fewer Are Born?; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Here, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness using public policy to influence fertility decisions. The chapters show that it is difficult to gauge the effectiveness of policy interventions such as child-care subsidies, support for women's labour-force participation, and tax incentives.