Download full text
(204.4Kb)
Citation Suggestion
Please use the following Persistent Identifier (PID) to cite this document:
https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-323772
Exports for your reference manager
Emancipation or child benefits? What Germany’s new family policy has learned from other European countries
Emanzipation oder Kindergeld? Was die neue Familienpolitik Deutschlands von anderen europäischen Ländern gelernt hat
[research report]
Corporate Editor
Berlin-Institut für Bevölkerung und Entwicklung
Abstract "The present analysis compares the social conditions for different fertility rates in the nations of western Europe based on an array of socioeconomic indicators. It shows clearly that the traditionally negative correlation between wealth and social development on the one hand and fertility on the o... view more
"The present analysis compares the social conditions for different fertility rates in the nations of western Europe based on an array of socioeconomic indicators. It shows clearly that the traditionally negative correlation between wealth and social development on the one hand and fertility on the other no longer holds once a society has reached a certain level of development. Today more children are born in the countries with the most advanced social systems in regard to gender equality. Based on this result, we propose to discuss the problem of low-fertility countries from a different point of view. Neither child benefits nor other sources of financial aid appear to motivate people in modern industrial societies to have more children. What is far more crucial is equality of men and women in society." (author's abstract)... view less
Keywords
emancipation; woman; child benefit; family policy; women's policy; advancement of women; affirmative action; work-family balance; family work; birth trend; declining birth rate; childlessness; number of children; socioeconomic factors; prosperity; transfer payments; equality of rights; Federal Republic of Germany; Europe
Classification
Family Policy, Youth Policy, Policy on the Elderly
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Population Studies, Sociology of Population
Method
empirical; quantitative empirical
Document language
English
Publication Year
2008
City
Berlin
Page/Pages
30 p.
Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications
Data providerThis metadata entry was indexed by the Special Subject Collection Social Sciences, USB Cologne