Pronatalist population policies in some Western European countries

Heeren, H. J.

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“…Finally, we reviewed national reports and articles on population and family policies in countries with pronatalist policies that encourage population growth, i.e. France, Poland, Greece, Korea, Japan, Finland, Latvia, Russia, Turkey, Germany, Singapore, Ireland, Kuwait, Slovakia, Britain, and Bulgaria (12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17). After a review of the related literature and indicators and given the availability of information from these countries, the indicators of six countries (Kuwait, Turkey, Russia, Germany, Japan and Singapore) were examined.…”

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Identification of Reproductive Health Monitoring Indicators in Iran

Mohamadi

Taheri²,

Yazdanpanah³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Introduction As a result of recent demographic changes, Iran has revised its reproductive health programs. To respond to the essential need for monitoring the new programs and policies, this study aimed to identify tailored, appropriate, and measurable RH indicators in the Iranian context, using available evidence and international indicators.Method This is an applied mixed-methods research, which was conducted in four phases: Identification of goals of RH policies and programs, scoping review of the RH indicators in the literature, developing and ranking the identified indicators, and finalization of indicators. Qualitative content analysis was used to analyze the textual data of the documents and policies. We analyzed the studies in the scoping review by narrative synthesis. The final indicators were selected through the consensus of experts, with a cut-off point of 75%. Result We identified 689 indicators through document analysis and scoping review. After three round of screening, a total of 37 RH indicators were finalized. The first five indicators with the highest score were: total fertility rate, population under 15 years, total population, population aged 65 years and older, and age-specific fertility rate.Conclusion: The nature and number of indicators for monitoring and evaluation of reproductive health programs might vary at different organizational levels; hence the need to develop specific indicators for each level is pivotal. In addition, the need for collection, processing and dissemination of reliable data for evaluation of these programs is essential.

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confidence: 99%

Identification of Reproductive Health Monitoring Indicators in Iran

Mohamadi

Taheri²,

Yazdanpanah³

et al. 2022

Preprint

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“…While the government has not yet decided which policy measures are to be introduced, it is reasonable to assume that they wilt be selected from the pool of policy measures that have already been introduced in other West European countries [cf. Van Praag (1980), Heeren (1982), Mclntosh (1983) and Leeuw (1983)]. It is also possible though that existing antinatalist policy measures might be cancelled or restricted.…”

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confidence: 97%

On the acceptability and feasibility of pronatalist population policy in the Netherlands

Leeuw¹

1987

Eur J Population

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Abstract. The major goal of this paper is to contribute to the discussion about population policy in European countries from an empirical perspective. It begins with a short description of Dutch population policy since 1945. Next, data on the social acceptability of pronatalist policy are summarized. Attention is then given to several conditions that must be met by pronatalist policies if they are to be politically feasible. Results from a study assessing the impact of pronatalist policies on actual fertility are also presented. The conclusion is that although a number of policy measures appear to be socially acceptable in the Netherlands, the chances of their being implemented are small given both their limited political feasibility and their limited demographic potential. Finally, the paper discusses a statement recently published by governmental consultants suggesting that implementing a population policy might not be necessary, given the assumed demographic auto-regulation populations possess. It is argued that this belief in population homeostasis is based on an Invisible Hand theory of population that is open to question. Rdsumd. De l'acceptabilitd et de ia faisabilitd d'une politique pronataliste aux Pays-Bas :une approche empirique. Le but principal de cet article est de contribuer ~ la discussion sur les pofitiques de population dans des pays europ6ens d'un point de vue empirique. I1 commence par une br~ve description de la politique de population des Pays-Bas depuis 1945. Ensuite, des donn~es sur l'acceptabilit~ de politiques pronatalistes sont 6tudi~es. L'attention est donn6e ~ diff&entes conditions qui doivent ~tre remplies par des politiques pronatafistes si elles veulent &re politiquement r6alisables. Des r6sultats d'une &ude ~valuant l'impact de politiques pronatalistes sur la f~condit~ r~elle sont ~galement pr~sent6s. La conclusion est clue quoiqu'un certain hombre de mesures pofitiques se r6v~lent socialement acceptables aux Pays-Bas, les chances qu'elles soient raises en pratique sont faibles 6tant donn~, ~t la fois, lenr faible faisabilit~ politique et leur faible potentiel d~mographique. Enfin, rarticle traite d'une d~claration r6cemment pubfi6e par des F.L. Leeuw / Population policy in the Netherlandsconsultants gouvernementaux sugg~rant que mettre en oeuvre une politique de population pourrait ne pas &re n~cessaire, 6tant donn6 l'auto-r6gulation d6mographique que la population est suppos~e poss~der. L'auteur estime que cette croyance dans l'hom~o-stasie d~mographique est bas6e sur une th~orie de la 'Main Invisible' qui est sujette discussion.

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“…Aside from a few qualitative studies that discuss how cross-national differences in population policy arose in Western Europe (Heeren 1982; McIntosh 1983), few analyses compare state-level reasons for enacting policies that respond to low fertility. Given this lack of accounting for variation in policy response across countries and over time, a recent special issue of the Journal of European Social Policy featured case-study research on this issue (Matzke and Ostner 2010).…”

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When Do States Respond to Low Fertility? Contexts of State Concern in Wealthier Countries, 1976-2011

Marshall

2015

Social Forces

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Since the 1970s, expressions of state concern over low fertility have greatly increased among wealthier countries. This study asks to what extent this increase is explained by demographic factors, national-level economic and political factors, and processes of international diffusion and changing international norms. Analyses integrate the world polity literature on global policy diffusion with a social problems approach to examine international diffusion of state concern among more powerful members of the world polity, a process that can produce changes in international policy consensus. Comparisons of the characteristics of states that do and do not express concern over low fertility find that among wealthier “first-world” countries, state concern has become more responsive to fertility rates: fertility rates are not significantly associated with concern early in the study period, but are strongly associated with concern later in the study period. There is no evidence that integration into the world polity is associated with concern in these countries, and some evidence that less integrated countries are more likely to express concern, suggesting that processes shaping the diffusion of state concern may differ from those identified as shaping policy diffusion in the existing literature. Among “second-world” former Eastern bloc countries, different patterns of associations reflect different political histories: concern is associated only with demographic factors, with no significant change in this association over time.

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Pronatalist population policies in some Western European countries

Cited by 10 publications

References 7 publications

Identification of Reproductive Health Monitoring Indicators in Iran

Identification of Reproductive Health Monitoring Indicators in Iran

On the acceptability and feasibility of pronatalist population policy in the Netherlands

When Do States Respond to Low Fertility? Contexts of State Concern in Wealthier Countries, 1976-2011

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