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Tag Archives: fertility
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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Tagged childcare, fertility, gender equality, Japan, one child policy
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The Impact of Family Policies on Fertility Trends in Developed Countries
A new article has been published in the European Journal of Population on fertility and family policies in Europe. Here is the abstract and the link to the article: Abstract We examine how strongly fertility trends respond to family policies … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Greulich, Angela Greulich-Luci, Angela Luci, Angela Luci-Greulich, birth postponement, childcare facilities, children born ouot of marriage, completed fertility, Europe, family policies, female employment, female labour market participation, fertility, gender equality, INED, OECD countries, Olivier Thévenon, parental leave, Sorbonne, work life balance
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The Costs of Children – how Family Policies can reduce them.
In an article recently published in Population Research and Policy Review, economists Olivier Thévenon and Angela Luci discuss why and how family policies can reduce the costs of children that are beared by parents in developped countries. Image source: http://www.simpsons.wikia.com … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Luci, child development, child outcome, costs of children, family policies, family policy mix, female employment, fertility, gender inequality, Olivier Thévenon, Population Research and Policy Review, poverty alleviation, reconciling work and family, wage loss, work life balance
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Gender stereotypes – Germany still in the backwoods?!
A recent NY Times report states that Germany is a place where gender stereotypes remain engrained in the mind, and in key institutions across society. Only about 14 percent of German mothers with one child resume full-time work, and only … Continue reading
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Tagged Alice Schwarzer, BDA, boardroom quota, DAX companies, Deutschland AG, Dieter Hundt, Elke Holst, female employment, fertility, Flexi-Quota, gender stereotypes, Holger Schmieding, Jutta Almendinger, Kinder Küche Kirche, Kristina Schröder, McKinsey’s 2010 Women Matter report, mentoring women, Nicola Leibinger-Kammüller, quota, shared parental leave, Simone Bagel-Trah, Sinus Sociovision institute, Thomas Sattelberger, Ursula von der Leyen, Ute Frevert, Viviane Reding, work life balance
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Gender Gap Index: Gender equality much higher in Germany than in France!?
The World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Index ranks Germany on place 13 and France only on place 46 out of 134 countries, suggesting that gender equality is by far more advanced in Germany than in France. A closer look at … Continue reading
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