Does family policy affect fertility? |
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Authors: | Anders Björklund |
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Institution: | (1) Swedish Institute for Social Research (SOFI), Stockholm University, 10691 Stocholm, Sweden |
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Abstract: | From the mid-1960s to around 1980, Sweden extended its family policies that provide financial and in-kind support to families
with children very quickly. The benefits were closely tied to previous work experience. Thus, women born in the 1950s faced
markedly different incentives when making fertility choices compared to women born only 15–20 years earlier. This paper examines
the evolution of completed fertility patterns for Swedish women born in 1925–1958 and makes comparisons to women in neighbouring
countries where the policies were not extended as much as in Sweden. The results suggest that the extension of the policy
raised the level of fertility, shortened the spacing of births, and induced fluctuations in the period fertility rates, but
it did not change the negative relationship between women’s educational level and completed fertility. |
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