Fertility and public policy : how to reverse the trend of declining birth rates /

Here, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness using public policy to influence fertility decisions. The chapters show that it is difficult to gauge the effectiveness of policy interventions such as child-care subsidies, support for women's labour-force participation, and tax incen...

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Other Authors: Takayama, Noriyuki, 1946- (Editor), Werding, Martin (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, MA : MIT Press, ©2011.
Series:CESifo seminar series
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Here, experts discuss the appropriateness and effectiveness using public policy to influence fertility decisions. The chapters show that it is difficult to gauge the effectiveness of policy interventions such as child-care subsidies, support for women's labour-force participation, and tax incentives.
Physical Description:1 online resource (vi, 283 pages) : illustrations.
ISBN:0262295652
9780262295659
9780262296380
0262296381
DOI:10.7551/mitpress/9780262014519.001.0001