Sustaining Fertility through Public Policy: The Range of Options

McDonald, Peter

doi:10.3917/pope.203.0417

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“…To sum up, policy measures needed to reverse downward trends in fertility in Poland are in line with suggestions by McDonald (2002) and Gauthier (2005). The proposed ranking is as follows:…”

Section: Policy Measures Intended To Reverse the Declining Fertility mentioning

confidence: 53%

“…According to Mills (2001), McDonald (2002, and Mills and Blossfeld (2005) these developments may be labelled as family and child-unfriendly (e.g., Kotowska 2004aKotowska , 2004bKotowska , 2005aKotowska , 2005b. Pressures on increasing labour-market flexibility as well as unstable and discontinuous employment require more individual effort and time to be managed.…”

Section: Policy Measures Intended To Reverse the Declining Fertility mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Poland: Fertility decline as a response to profound societal and labour market changes?

Kotowska¹,

Jóźwiak²,

Matysiak³

et al. 2008

DemRes

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Section: Policy Measures Intended To Reverse the Declining Fertility mentioning

confidence: 53%

Section: Policy Measures Intended To Reverse the Declining Fertility mentioning

confidence: 99%

Poland: Fertility decline as a response to profound societal and labour market changes?

Kotowska¹,

Jóźwiak²,

Matysiak³

et al. 2008

DemRes

125

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“…9 In addition, the role of policy requires further attention. Although noted as a substantial factor in the work of Esping-Anderson and others (see McDonald 2002), the role of policy as a fundamental cause of fertility variation remains uncertain while variation in the policy histories of low fertility regimes is great (see UN Popul. Div.…”

Section: Conclusion: Where Do We Go From Here?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Low Fertility at the Turn of the Twenty-First Century

2006

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In the past few decades, demographic concerns have shifted from rapid population growth fueled by high fertility to concerns of population decline produced by very low, sub-replacement fertility levels. Once considered a problem unique to Europe or developed nations, concerns now center on the global spread of low fertility. Nearly half of the world's population now lives in countries with fertility at or below replacement levels. Further, by the mid-twenty-first century three of four countries now described as developing are projected to reach or slip below replacement fertility. We review the research on low fertility through the predominant frameworks and theories used to explain it. These explanations range from decomposition and proximate determinant frameworks to grand theories on the fundamental causes underlying the pervasiveness and spread of low fertility. We focus on the ability of theory to situate previous and future findings and conclude with directions for furthur research.

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“…This "incomplete gender revolution" (Esping-Andersen 2009) forces some women to make difficult choices between having a career and being a parent (Thévenon 2009). The nature of the labour market has also changed in recent decades: as the market has become more competitive, more demanding, and less secure, younger women and men are often working in temporary and poorly paid stop-gap jobs (McDonald 2002;Mills and Blossfeld 2005). This lack of secure employment had led many young adults to postpone marriage and parenthood.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…A single individual unhindered by family commitments is the winner in the race for the greatest career and material success in life (McDonald 2002). According to Beck (1992: 116), "the ultimate market society is a childless society."…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%