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Family policies and fertility in Europe: fertility policies at the intersection of gender policies, employment policies and care policies

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  • Gerda R. Neyer

    (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany)

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This article explores the relationship between family policies, fertility, employment and care. It suggests that similar family policies are likely to exert different effects in different contexts. It argues that a proper assessment of effects of family policies needs to take the combined spectrum of gender relations, welfare-state structures, and labor-market development into account.

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  • Gerda R. Neyer, 2006. "Family policies and fertility in Europe: fertility policies at the intersection of gender policies, employment policies and care policies," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2006-010, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
    • Handle: RePEc:dem:wpaper:wp-2006-010
    DOI: 10.4054/MPIDR-WP-2006-010
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    Europe; family policies; fertility;
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    • J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
    • Z0 - Other Special Topics - - General

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