Key issues in the effectiveness of public financial tools to support childbearing the example of Hungary during the COVID-19 crisis

Sági, Judit; Lentner, Csaba

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“…The public comments on this policy focused on “childbirth security”, including children’s daily living expenses and childcare construction. From an international perspective, many high-welfare countries offer relatively long maternity and parental leave periods [ 11 , 13 ]. For instance, Sweden’s fertility policy promotes parental involvement in child-rearing by providing couples with up to 480 days of paid parental leave.…”

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“…Most of the existing research on fertility policy has combined with medicine [ 9 ], finance [ 10 ], and other disciplines to explore the impact of policy implementation on various fields, and its sociology has focused mainly on fertility policy [ 11 ], problems [ 12 ], and institutional responses [ 13 ] through traditional statistical data. Demography measures the fertility willingness of a certain population group [ 14 ], focusing on fertility macro trends [ 15 ] and fertility prediction [ 16 ].…”

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Changes in online public opinions associated with various three-child supportive policies in China: Observational study using social media data over time

Peng,

Chen,

Yang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Background According to the Seventh National Census, China’s fertility rate is less than 1.5, marking a significant national issue with potential risks. To counter this low birth rate, the Chinese government has relaxed family planning policies and introduced supportive measures. Purpose Changes in birth policy have attracted considerable attention from the people of China. This article aims to study the public’s response to the three-child support policy using Weibo as a window. The goal is to provide a more balanced evaluation of current perspectives, enabling policymakers to formulate better fertility information, particularly when anticipating a poor public response to controversial policies. Methodology This research uses a crawler to gather data from Sina Weibo. Through opinion mining of Weibo posts on the three-child policy, Weibo users’ online opinions on the three-child policy are analyzed from two perspectives: their attention content and sentiment tendency. Using an interrupted time series, it examines changes in online views on the policy, matching policy documents to the time nodes of Weibo posts. Findings The public has shown great interest in and provided short-term positive feedback on policies related to improving maternity insurance, birth rewards, and housing subsidies. In contrast, there has been a continuous negative response to policies such as extending maternity leave, which has particularly sparked concerns among women regarding future employment and marital rights protection. On social media, the public’s attention to the three-child birth policy has focused mainly on the protection of women’s rights, especially legal rights after childbirth, and issues related to physical and mental health. Child-rearing support and economic pressure are also hot topics, involving the daily expenses of multichild families, childcare services, and housing pressure. However, this study also revealed that infertile or single women express a strong desire to have children, but due to limitations in the personal medical insurance system, this desire has not been fully satisfied. Contributions Our study demonstrates the feasibility of a rapid and flexible method for evaluating the public response to various three-child supportive policies in China using near real-time social media data. This information can help policy makers anticipate public responses to future pandemic three-child policies and ensure that adequate resources are dedicated to addressing increases in negative sentiment and levels of disagreement in the face of scientifically informed but controversial, restrictions.

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Changes in online public opinions associated with various three-child supportive policies in China: Observational study using social media data over time

Peng,

Chen,

Yang

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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The gender wage gap, working from home and the pandemic: evidence from Hungary

Szenderák,

Bácsné Bába,

Kőmíves

et al. 2024

Journal of Contemporary European Studies

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Demographic and labour market situation in Hungary in the light of global trends

Marton¹

2023

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Demographic changes significantly affect a country's economic growth prospects. In recent years, advanced economies have been characterized by aging societies, which can have many macroeconomic effects, including the reduction of labour supply. This makes it necessary to examine demographic and labour market processes in a unified framework. The purpose of this study is to analyse the Hungarian demographic and labour market processes, and to reveal their relation to global trends and country-specific factors. Demographic and labour market processes also fit into international trends in Hungary, however, unique country-specific factors can also be identified due to the path dependence of development. In addition, the increase in the fertility rate in recent years should be highlighted in Hungary. Mitigating the decline in labour supply as a result of aging and reversing its potential trend is an essential factor in the tight labour market. This tension can be resolved by adapting and extending the achievements of Industry 4.0, as well as through foreign workers. Nevertheless, the long-term maintenance and potential increase of Hungary's labour force reserve is necessary to maintain its current economic growth.

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Key issues in the effectiveness of public financial tools to support childbearing the example of Hungary during the COVID-19 crisis

Cited by 3 publications

References 55 publications

Changes in online public opinions associated with various three-child supportive policies in China: Observational study using social media data over time

Changes in online public opinions associated with various three-child supportive policies in China: Observational study using social media data over time

The gender wage gap, working from home and the pandemic: evidence from Hungary

Demographic and labour market situation in Hungary in the light of global trends

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