Fertility and public policy : how to reverse the trend of declining birth rates / edited by Noriyuki Takayama and Martin Werding.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Takayama, Noriyuki, 1946- editor.

Werding, Martin, editor.

Series:

CESifo seminar series.

CESifo seminar series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fertility, Human--Economic aspects.

Fertility, Human.

Family policy--Economic aspects.

Family policy.

Birth control--Government policy.

Birth control.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Here, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness using public policy to influence fertility decisions. The chapters show that it is difficult to gauge the effectiveness of policy interventions such as child-care subsidies, support for women's labour-force participation, and tax incentives.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Series Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contributors; 1 Fertility and Public Policy; 2 The Economics of the Family and Its Policy Implications; 3 Low Fertility and Population Aging in Germany and Japan; 4 Effects of Public Policies and Labor Market on the Fertility of Japanese Women; 5 On the Persistence of Low Birth Rates in Japan; 6 An Evaluation of a Pronatal Subsidy in Korea; 7 Fertility Transition and Its Socioeconomic Impacts in China; 8 Fertility and Social Policy; 9 Family Policies and Fertility in Sweden

10 Does Fertility Respond to Work and Family-life Reconciliation Policies in France?11 Given That People Live Longer, Why Should We Worry That Fewer Are Born?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0-262-29512-1

0-262-29565-2

OCLC:

865565291