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标题：Understanding the long term effects of family policies on fertility: The diffusion of different family models in France and Germany
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作者：Anne Salles ; Clémentine Rossier ; Sara Brachet 等
期刊名称：Demographic Research
印刷版ISSN：1435-9871
电子版ISSN：1435-9871
出版年度：2010
卷号：22
页码：1057-1096
DOI：10.4054/DemRes.2010.22.34
出版社：Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
摘要：European countries in which mothers are encouraged to remain in the labour market have higher fertility levels. It is difficult, however, to link specific policies to fertility increases. We hypothesize that policy changes do not affect fertility decisions in the short term as long as external childcare is not seen as an acceptable option, although policy does have an impact upon childcare attitudes in the long term. Using a comparative qualitative approach, we find that attitudes towards childcare are strikingly different in France than in Western Germany, reflecting long-standing policy orientations. Attitudes act as an intermediate variable between access to childcare and its use in both countries, and are strongly homogenous within countries.
关键词：attitudes toward child care;family policy;fertility;France;Germany;qualitative study