Fertility and Public Policy : How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (296 pages)
- CESifo Seminar Series .
- CESifo Seminar Series .
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.
Experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness using public policy to influence fertility decisions.