france's pro natalist policy
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- Created on: 08-04-15 12:48
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- france's pro- natalist policy
- background
- ageing population
- encouraging births - to increase number of working people in the future
- their wages will support the economy and vast amount of elderly dependents
- low fertility rate
- education - people are more aware of the availability of contraception and the consequences that an unplanned pregnancy can have on a career
- women in careers - women may choose to follow their career choice rather than start a family while young
- later marriages
- state benefits
- couples no longer need children to help care for them when they are older
- concerns for france
- wanted to increase birth rate
- since 1939 there has been a pro natalist policy
- concerned professional women were choosing not to have babies
- worried the population would not replace itself in time
- incentives
- encourages 3 children families
- £675 monthly for mothers who stayed off work for one year following the birth of her third child (nearly minimum wage)
- 'carte famille nombreuse' - large family card. reductions on train fares
- income tax based on the more children the less tax to pay
- three years paid parental leave, can be used by fathers and mothers
- government subsidised day care for children under the age of three and full time school places for all over threes paid for by the government
- result
- fertility rate was 2nd highest in Europe in 2006 at 1.9 children per women
- did in fact have an effect on france
- background
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