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

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, MA, : MIT Press, ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (296 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.9/1
• Soggetto topico: Fertility, Human - Economic aspects; Family policy - Economic aspects; Birth control - Government policy
• Soggetto non controllato: SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Public Policy & Law; SOCIAL SCIENCES/Sociology
• Persona (resp. second.): TakayamaNoriyuki <1946->; WerdingMartin
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fertility and public policy
• ISBN: 0-262-29512-1; 0-262-29565-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822022803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: CESifo seminar series.