torsdag 30 september 2010

Clear link between child benefit and higher fertility rates - pro-natalist population policies

This is a very good article (unfortunately for IB-students in Swedish) from SCB: http://www.scb.se/statistik/_publikationer/BE0801_2007K03_TI_03_A05ST0703.pdf
The writer concludes that countries with higher levels of emancipation of women in the workforce have higher birth rates, which at first glance doesn't make sense. But she continues to argue that these countries also have extensive child-benefit programmes in place (especially for children under 3 y's), which allow for women to both contribute to higher birth rates and have a career.
She summarizes her findings with these words "Att bedriva en aktiv familjepolitik och ta hänsyn till jämställdhetsfrågor tycks alltså vara ett användbart vägledande koncept i utformningen av framtidens välfärds- och familjepolitik."

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