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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008

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Contents:
Debate
Can policies enhance fertility in Europe? (Anne H. Gauthier and Dimiter Philipov)
What should be the goal of population policies? Focus on "Balanced Human Capital Development" (Wolfgang Lutz)
Some theoretical and methodological comments on the impact of policies on fertility (Anne H. Gauthier)
"Can policies enhance fertility in Europe?" and questions beyond (Nikolai Botev)
First, do no harm (William P. Butz)
Refereed Articles
What can fertility indicators tell us about pronatalist policy options? (John Bongaarts)
Institutions and the transition to adulthood: Implications for fertility tempo in low-fertility settings (Ronald R. Rindfuss and Sarah R. Brauner-Otto)
A review of policies and practices related to the "highest-low" fertility of Sweden (Gunnar Andersson)
Fertility trends and differentials in the Nordic countries - Footprints of welfare policies and challenges on the road ahead (Marit Rønsen and Kari Skrede)
The impact of the bonus at birth on reproductive behaviour in a lowest-low fertility context: Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Italy) from 1989 2005 (Giovanna Boccuzzo, Marcantonio Caltabiano, Gianpiero Dalla Zuanna, and Marzia Loghi)
Data and Trends (non-refereed contributions)
French family policy: long tradition and diversified measures (Ariane Pailhé, Clémentine Rossier, and Laurent Toulemon)
Family policies in Europe: available databases and initial comparisons (Olivier Thévenon)

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008
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A review of policies and practices related to the ‘highest-low’ fertility of Sweden

    Gunnar Andersson

Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2008, pp. 89-102, 2024/12/12

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2008s89

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2008s89


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Abstract

This article reviews research on the role social and family policies play for fertility in Sweden. Swedish family policies are not directly aimed at encouraging childbirth. Their main goal has rather been to support women’s participation in the labour force and to promote gender equality. They focus on enabling individuals to pursue their family and occupational pathways without being too dependent on other persons. The following measures have helped women to reconcile family and working life: individual taxation and individual-based social security systems, which make gendered segregation of work and care less attractive for couples; an income replacement-based parental-leave system, which gives women incentives to establish themselves on the labour market before considering childbirth; and subsidised child care, which allows women to return to work after parental leave. Fertility has fluctuated during recent decades but—as in the other Nordic countries with similar welfare state setups—it has remained well above the European average. The Swedish institutional context clearly is conducive to such ‘highest-low’ fertility. My review documents the importance of institutional factors in shaping childbearing behaviour and demonstrates some specific impacts of family policies on demographic behaviour.