Pro/Anti Natalist Countries
Mathieu Martins 02/10/12
Case Study: Pro/Anti
Natalist countries
France: France had an early beginning to family plans and pro natalist policies. Already in 1939 the ‘Code de la Famille’ was introduced because of the declining fertility rate in France. It had banned the sale of contraceptives which was repealed in 1967, banned abortion which was also banned until 1975, offered cash incentives to mothers who stay at home to take care of their children.
Now the addition of aging population, fertility rates and economic growth is causing the population to not only decrease but also increase in elderly. By 2050 more than 25% of France’s population will be elderly of 65+ (1). Health care for the elderly is evolving dramatically, people are less inclined to have children as the economy is strong and they prefer to spend it on luxuries, such as new cars or fancy apartments, despite the pro natalist policies. This will mean that in the future, fewer workforces will be in France to support the large and growing elderly population causing taxes to rise, rise so high that people will no longer want to immigrate to France and cause other’s to leave. This would leave France helpless and France would go into an economic crisis and failure.
France, having started early than other European country, has many benefits. In France you are permitted to have an antenatal and postnatal leave, the father may also have postnatal leave but much less than the mothers. These benefits come with regulations and restrictions, such as work hours before antenatal leave and prior notice. Pay is determined on previous salary and maximum paid is 77 euro per day. As for postnatal care, you may receive from 6 months up to 3 years depending on the amount of children you have. 3 days is the average stay at a hospital for birth, the government will pay up to 12 days.
(2) There are many types of child allowances. If a family has 2 children, 127.68 Euro is entitled to the family
Case Study: Pro/Anti
Natalist countries
France: France had an early beginning to family plans and pro natalist policies. Already in 1939 the ‘Code de la Famille’ was introduced because of the declining fertility rate in France. It had banned the sale of contraceptives which was repealed in 1967, banned abortion which was also banned until 1975, offered cash incentives to mothers who stay at home to take care of their children.
Now the addition of aging population, fertility rates and economic growth is causing the population to not only decrease but also increase in elderly. By 2050 more than 25% of France’s population will be elderly of 65+ (1). Health care for the elderly is evolving dramatically, people are less inclined to have children as the economy is strong and they prefer to spend it on luxuries, such as new cars or fancy apartments, despite the pro natalist policies. This will mean that in the future, fewer workforces will be in France to support the large and growing elderly population causing taxes to rise, rise so high that people will no longer want to immigrate to France and cause other’s to leave. This would leave France helpless and France would go into an economic crisis and failure.
France, having started early than other European country, has many benefits. In France you are permitted to have an antenatal and postnatal leave, the father may also have postnatal leave but much less than the mothers. These benefits come with regulations and restrictions, such as work hours before antenatal leave and prior notice. Pay is determined on previous salary and maximum paid is 77 euro per day. As for postnatal care, you may receive from 6 months up to 3 years depending on the amount of children you have. 3 days is the average stay at a hospital for birth, the government will pay up to 12 days.
(2) There are many types of child allowances. If a family has 2 children, 127.68 Euro is entitled to the family
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