Low Fertility and the State: The Efficacy of Policy

By P. McDonald. 2006

570 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, Gender Studies, General Health Professions

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In Demography

1. Francesco C. Billari
2. Tomás Sobotka
3. J. Goldstein
4. Bruno Arpino
5. G. Esping-Andersen
6. Léa Pessin
7. Ann‐Zofie Duvander
8. Mats Johansson

In Gender Studies

1. Francesco C. Billari
2. Ann‐Zofie Duvander
3. Bruno Arpino
4. G. Esping-Andersen
5. Léa Pessin
6. Tomás Sobotka
7. J. Goldstein
8. Mats Johansson

In General Health Professions

1. Francesco C. Billari
2. Bruno Arpino
3. G. Esping-Andersen
4. Léa Pessin
5. Clara H. Mulder
6. Ann‐Zofie Duvander
7. M. Mills
8. J. Goldstein

Citations in the corpus

• The Influence of Employment Uncertainty on Childbearing in France: A Tempo or Quantum Effect? (2012, unknown): “Employment uncertainty has been identified as one of the main explanations for postponement of fertility in Europe (Blossfeld et al. 2005; McDonald 2006).”
• THE INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF LOW FERTILITY (2009, background): “Some, e.g. McDonald (2006), have argued that policies aimed at work life balance, such as having more familyfriendly work arrangements and increasing the availability of affordable childcare, will lead to fertility levels closer to replacement level.”
• How Do Changes in Gender Role Attitudes Towards Female Employment Influence Fertility? A Macro-Level Analysis (2015, methodology): “McDonald (2000a, 2000b, 2006) develops this idea further.”
• What are the effects of reforms promoting fathers’ parental leave use? (2012, background): “In addition, the bonus increases horizontal equity (McDonald, 2006b: 219) between parents and other men and women, especially when we compare mothers with women without children, as it encourages mothers to go back to work earlier.”
• The End of “Lowest‐Low” Fertility? (2009, background): “Broad agreement exists among demographers that the era of lowest-low fertility emerged as a direct consequence of widespread fertility postponement (Kohler, Billari, and Ortega 2002; Lutz, ONeill, and Scherbov 2003; Morgan 2003; Sobotka 2004a; Billari 2008).”
• Gender equity and fertility intentions in Italy and the Netherlands (2008, background): “Miller Torr and Short (2004) found that the relationship between gender equity – as indicated by division of housework – and fertility is U-shaped in the US.”
• Why do people postpone parenthood? Reasons and social policy incentives. (2011, background): “Low gender equity (McDonald, 2006), changes in partnership behaviour (Baizán et al.”
• Homeownership Regimes and Low Fertility (2010, background): “After an initial ‘wait-and-see’ period, these very low fertility levels became a key concern for governments (Demeny, 2003; McDonald, 2006).”