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Fertility and Public Policy: How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates

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  • Noriyuki Takayama
    (Hitotsubashi University)

  • Martin Werding
    (Ifo Institute for Economic Research)

Abstract

In 2050, world population growth is predicted to come almost to a halt. Shortly thereafter it may well start to shrink. A major reason behind this shift is the fertility decline that has taken place in many developed countries. In this book, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness of using public policy to influence fertility decisions. Contributors discuss the general feasibility of public interventions in the area of fertility, analyze fertility patterns and policy design in such countries as Japan, South Korea, China, Sweden, and France, and offer theoretical analyses of parental fertility choices that provide an overview of a broad array of child-related policy instruments in a number of OECD and EU countries. The chapters show that it is difficult to gauge the effectiveness of such policy interventions as child-care subsidies, support for women’s labor-force participation, and tax incentives. Data are often incomplete, causal relations unproved, and the role of social norms and culture difficult to account for. Investigating reasons for the decline in fertility more closely will require further study. This volume offers the latest work on this increasingly important subject.

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  • Noriyuki Takayama & Martin Werding (ed.), 2011. "Fertility and Public Policy: How to Reverse the Trend of Declining Birth Rates," MIT Press Books, The MIT Press, edition 1, volume 1, number 0262014513, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:mtp:titles:0262014513
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    Cited by:

    1. Yuko Kinoshita & Fang Guo, 2015. "What Can Boost Female Labor Force Participation in Asia?," IMF Working Papers 2015/056, International Monetary Fund.
    2. Magdalena Smyk & Joanna Tyrowicz & Lucas van der Velde, 2021. "A Cautionary Note on the Reliability of the Online Survey Data: The Case of Wage Indicator," Sociological Methods & Research, , vol. 50(1), pages 429-464, February.
    3. Krzysztof Makarski & Joanna Tyrowicz & Magda Malec, 2018. "Evaluating welfare and economic effects of raised fertility," GRAPE Working Papers 25, GRAPE Group for Research in Applied Economics.
    4. Mehmet Serkan Tosun & Jingjing Yang, 2018. "Determinants of Fertility and Population Policies in MENA Countries," Working Papers 1219, Economic Research Forum, revised 12 Sep 2018.
    5. KINOSHITA Yuko & GUO Fang, 2015. "Female Labor Force Participation in Asia: Lessons from the Nordics," Discussion papers 15102, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (RIETI).
    6. repec:ipf:psejou:v:42:y:2018:i:42:p:21-43 is not listed on IDEAS
    7. Lu, Bei & He, Wenjiong & Piggott, John, 2014. "Should China introduce a social pension?," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 4(C), pages 76-87.
    8. Abdoulaye Ouedraogo & Mehmet S. Tosun & Jingjing Yang, 2018. "Fertility and population policy," Public Sector Economics, Institute of Public Finance, vol. 42(1), pages 21-43.

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    Keywords

    fertility; policy;

    JEL classification:

    • J13 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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