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Category Archives: English articles
Aging with Growth: How to tackle low fertility in European Countries
With regard to fertility, reducing the obstacles to people having children has become an issue of growing importance in the policy agenda of many Central European and Baltic countries. Persistently falling fertility has pressed policymakers into action in many countries, … Continue reading
Female breadwinners on the rise in Europe
By Agnese Vitali About one in three women in cohabiting or married couples in the UK earned more than 50% of their household income in 2010, according to the Family Resources Survey, up from one in ten in 1980. But … Continue reading
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Japan’s ticking demographic time bomb
Insufficient gender equality lead to Japan’s fertility levels being way beyond replacement level. In Japan, it is more or less impossible for women to combine a professional career with having children. This will harm the socioeconomic equilibrium of the country. … Continue reading
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The destructive effects of conflict on women and girls
Source: UN Women
Sustainable development and gender equality – two objectives that are interdependent
Ahead of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on 17 October, UN Women released its new report, the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development 2014: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development. Charting the rationale and the … Continue reading
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Politique familiale – Quel sera l’impact des nouvelles mesures?
English Version: Possible impacts of family policy reforms in France Olivier Thévenon est l’un des responsables de l’unité de recherche démographie économique de l’Ined. Ses recherches portent sur notamment sur les politiques familiales des pays de l’OCDE et la conciliation … Continue reading
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Early child care – an effective instrument to reduce inequalities
It’s a grim fact of life in the United States: Children born into poor families are sicker and die earlier than their well-off counterparts, particularly from obesity-related diseases such as heart attack and stroke. Now, new data from a famous … Continue reading
Chômage : l’apparente égalité entre femmes et hommes
Le Monde.fr | 07.03.2014 Alors que le taux de chômage des femmes était près de deux fois supérieur à celui des hommes en 1975, l’écart semble aujourd’hui s’être complètement réduit, le taux de chômage atteignant 10,5% pour les femmes comme … Continue reading
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Does Economic Advancement ‘Cause’ a Re-increase in Fertility?
In a recently published article in European Journal of Population, researchers Olivier Thévenon and Angela Greulich empirically investigate the correlation between fertility and economic development in OECD countries (1960-2007). In the light of the recent reversal of fertility trends in … Continue reading
Posted in English articles Tagged Angela Greulich, Angela Greulich-Luci, Angela Luci, Angela Luci-Greulich, European Journal of Population, female employment, fertility decline, fertility increase, fertility re-increase, fertility rebound, INED, lowest-low fertility, Olivier Thévenon, positive correlation between female employment and fertility, work life balance policies Leave a comment
De graves inégalités hommes-femmes dans la recherche mondiale
Par Pierre Barthélémy Commençons par une anecdote. En septembre 2012 paraissait dans les Proceedings de l’Académie des sciences des Etats-Unis un article relatant une expérience dont les cobayes étaient… des chercheurs américains dans les domaines de la biologie, de la chimie et de la … Continue reading
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