The World Turned Upside Down: Below Replacement Fertility, Changing Preferences and Family-Friendly Public Policy in 21 OECD Countries

By F. Castles. 2003

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Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, Political Science and International Relations

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A New Approach to Explaining Fertility Patterns: Preference Theory (2003, background): “…led to research on the macro-level correlates of (declining) fertility in cross-national comparisons (OECD 2001; Kohler, Billari, and Ortega 2002; Castles 2003).1 There are few longitudinal studies, and few qualitative studies of micro-level processes—Gerson’s (1985) brilliant study of women’s…”
Homeownership Regimes and Low Fertility (2010, background): “The association might be spurious; in general such causality is difficult to approach when one wants to explain the relationship between macro-level phenomena; policies and fertility are an example (Castles, 2003; Neyer & Andersson, 2008).”
How Do Changes in Gender Role Attitudes Towards Female Employment Influence Fertility? A Macro-Level Analysis (2015, background): “A third perspective emphasizes the importance of reconciling work and motherhood and the degree to which institutions and policy context promote the combination of both (Castles, 2003; Saraceno, 2010; Esping-Andersen et al., 2013).”
Low Fertility and the State: The Efficacy of Policy (2006, background): “Castles observed an ‘extremely strong positive relationship between fertility and formal child-care provision’ and a lesser correlation with family-friendly workplace policies (flexible working hours) (Castles 2003: 222).”
Family policies in developed countries: a ‘fertility-booster’ with side-effects (2011, background): “Here again, an international comparison suggests a strong correlation between fertility rates and attendance at formal childcare by children aged under three, although a causal link is not always clearly identified (Castles, 2003; Di Prete, Engelhardt, Morgan, & Pacalova, 2002).”
OECD SOCIAL, EMPLOYMENT AND MIGRATION WORKING PAPERS Low Fertility Rates in OECD Countries: Facts and Policy Responses (2003, neutral): “Barmby and Cigno (1990) confirm this finding on the basis of British data: higher child benefits encourage early entry into motherhood, rather than family size.”
Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives. (2011, background): “Castles (2003) found that the existence of childcare facilities for children under the age of three was a crucial factor in the labour force re-entry of women and thus served to facilitate the combination of parenthood and employment.”
THE VARIETY OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN WELFARE STATE REGIMES – A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF 21 COUNTRIES (2006, background): “Although the birth rate has in recent years been declining in Eastern and Southern Europe and families are therefore becoming smaller (Castles 2003), this development seems to appear as a slight decline in the significance of social relationships of families.”
On the Changing Correlation Between Fertility and Female Employment over Space and Time (2002, background): “In addition “enhanced educational opportunity captures aspects of both changing cultural values and a changing employment structure, allowing women to escape from the thrall of outmoded beliefs, whilst simultaneously providing them with the skills required to participate in a modern economy” ( Castl”