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Tag Archives: parental leave
Can cash transfers increase fertility rates?
Most developed countries with relatively high fertility rates around replacement level (2,1 children per women), like France or the Nordic countries, have a comprehensive mix of different family policy instruments. The reason why these countries have been experiencing a re-increase … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Greulich, Angela Luci, birth grants, cash transfers, child care, European Journal of Population, family policies, gender equality, gender quota, low fertility, maternity leave, mentoring, Olivier Thévenon, parental leave, population aging, total fertility rates, work life balance
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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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Global Gender Gap Report 2012 – fragile progress for women’s political empowerment
The Global Gender Gap Report 2012 emphasizes persisting gender gap divides across and within regions. The 2012 version finds that the majority of countries have made only a slow progress on closing gender gaps. Most highly developed countries score well … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Luci, childcare services, female infanticide, gender gap in life expectancy, Gender Gap Report, gender income ratio, gender inequality, gender quota, gender ranking, parental leave, sex ratio at birth, sex-selective abortion, wage equality, wage gap, women in parliament, women's economic empowerment, women's political empowerment, work life balance, World Economic Forum
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The More Women Work, The More Babies They Have
A French study by Angela Luci and Olivier Thévenon, cited in several national and international journals, shows that the OECD countries with the most working women have higher fertility rates. The fact that overall birth rates have somewhat risen in … Continue reading
Female Employment – an effective instrument to reduce child poverty
A recently published OECD report, named “Doing better for families”, looks at the different ways in which governments support families. The book discusses aspects of child poverty and children’s well-being and follows up on the question how to successfully and … Continue reading
Why French women suceed better in balancing work and family life than German women.
Although Germany and France bear many similarities regarding economics, politics and institutions as compared to other European countries, the birth rate and full-time female labour force participation rate are significantly lower in Germany. Both in France and in Germany, there … Continue reading
Maternity leave in the US: Role model urgently needed!
The United States is the only Western country that does not mandate paid parental leave. This has not only negative consequences for women, but for all of society, as it reduces the country’s economic output. Randomly adapting any European parental … Continue reading
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Tagged City University of New York Graduate Center, Families and Work Institute, Family Medical Leave Act, Goldman Sachs Group, Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Janet Gornick, Luxembourg Income Study Center, maternity leave, Maternity leave US, parental leave, parental leave US, Robert Drago, Sweden
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Fairness in Families Index to measure “family friendly policies”
Here is another gender index! And the country ranking varies again largely when comparing this index to other gender indices! Only the Nordic countries always seem on top…. The Fairness in Families Index is produced by the Fatherhood institute in … Continue reading
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