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Égalité homme-femme : un facteur clé de la politique familiale et sociale
Angela Greulich Le gouvernement français a réaffirmé en juin 2013 que la politique devait favoriser l’égalité entre les femmes et les hommes. La participation des femmes au marché du travail, leur carrière professionnelle et leur capacité à retrouver un emploi … Continue reading
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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Japan – hard times for working mothers
Japanese women are more likely to have a university degree than men, and the number of women in employment has been rising steadily for 10 years – but, for a range of reasons, a woman who has had children still … Continue reading
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 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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7 billion human beings: Why gender equality matters more than ever!
The United Nations Population Division estimates that the world’s population reached 7 billion around October 31, 2011. This milestone has an important impact on the worldwide economic and social equilibrium. Gender equality represents a major factor allowing countries to bear … Continue reading
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Tagged 7 billion human beings, Babatunde Ostimehin, Bill and Melind Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive health, Brian O'Neill, contraception, David Lam, demographic dynamics, environmental damage, exponential population growht, family planning, gender equality, global population size, Hania Zlotnik, Hopkins Populatin Center, life expectancy, population aging, population growth, teenage pregnancies, UN projections, United Nations Population Division, United Nations Population Fund, women 's economic empowerment, work life balance
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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
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