Poplation policy france final 2019

Puja Das (28)
Amrutha G S (38)
Margubur Rahaman(08)
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 population policy is a set of measures taken by a State
to modify the way its population is changing, either by
promoting large families or immigration to increase its
size, or by encouraging limitation of births to decrease
it. A population policy may also aim to modify the
distribution of the population over the country by
encouraging migration or by displacing populations.

 POPULATION:65.23 MILLION
 GROWTH RATE:0.37
 MEDIAN AGE:41.5
 TFR:2.1
 CBR:12
 LIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH:82
 IMR:3
 CDR:9

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 In 1939, the French passed the “Code de la famille”
 In 1939, the French passed the “Code de la famille”, a
complex piece of Pro Natalist legislation. The Pro
Natalist methods in the policy included:
 Offering cash incentives to mothers who stayed at
home to care for children.
 Subsidising holidays.
 Banning the sale of contraceptives (repealed in 1967).

Incentives offered in the policy included:
 Payment of up to £1064 to couples having their third child.
 Generous maternity grants.
 Family allowances to increase the purchasing power of three
child families.
 Maternity leave on near full pay for 20 weeks for the first child
to 40 weeks or more for the third child.
 100% mortgage and preferential treatment in the allocation of
three bedroom council flats.
 Full tax benefits to parents until the youngest child reaches 18.
 30% fare reduction on all public transport for three child
families. Pension schemes for mothers/housewives.
 Depending on the family’s income, childcare costs from virtually
nothing to around €500 a month for the most well off of families.
 Nursing mothers are encouraged to work part-time or take a
weekly day off work.

 Up to the 1960s, French family policy was still influenced by
the pronatalist concerns of the interwar period and explicitly
supported the traditional "male breadwinner model"; single-
earner families were provided with a "Single Salary Allowance"
or a "Housewife's Allowance" (Martin, 1998; Fagnani, 2000a).
 The aim of this scheme was to confine women to the role of
full-time mother and housewife: it was assumed that this
would improve the welfare of young children and increase the
fertility rate.
 As a result, the participation of mothers in the labour force
remained very low until the mid-1960s.
 “Good citizens” reward.

 Why they adopt this policy :
because of reduced work participation of women
resulting overall shortage of workforce.
 Aims & objectives:
 allowed for, the entry of many mothers with young
children into the paid labour force.
 To increase the number of childcare places near
workplace.

 This policy inspired by notions of social
justice and gender equality (Büttner et al.,
2002).
Aim & objective:
 Focus on construct a more "children-friendly" and less work-
oriented environment for both men and women.
 Facilities:
 paid to families with at least two children, up to age of 16.
 They can be paid for children aged from 16 to 20 when they
continue to attend school or university or are on training
schemes.
 The allowances are set annually, and rise in relation to the
number of children.

 This decision gave rise to strong protests
from families, trade unions, and family
associations, and also from the political right
wing, which is strongly attached to the notion
of the universality of benefits.
 As a result, the Prime Minister abandoned the
project and proposed to limit tax deductions
for high-income families.

 Paternity leave: Since January 2002, fathers have been eligible
for two weeks' paid leave following the birth of a child5.
Leave is paid for by social security as a replacement wage6.
This right to care is written into the Labour Code, as is
maternity leave.
 Leave to care for a sick child: Every employee has the right to
take unpaid leave to care for his/her sick child under the age
of sixteen.
 Parental leave to care for a child with a serious illness

 A New Challenge for Family Caring The laws
reducing working time from 39 to 35 hours a
week were also expected to improve the
work–family balance and also to improve
equality between men and women.

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 In spite of the difficulty in assessing the impact
of family policy on levels of fertility, family policy
in France seems to have been successful in
creating an environment favorable to children
and family life although childcare facilities are
still inadequate to cover the demand. By shifting
its objectives from supporting the direct cost of
having children to supporting the reconciliation
of work and family life, family policy has
undoubtedly helped to keep the fertility rate at
an acceptable level.

 In conclusion, a rise in the fertility rate could
be achieved by policies established in
partnership with companies in order to push
the work and family balance issue to the top
of the political agenda. This also implies a
sustained shift in values, reinforcing the view
that children are to be considered not only as
a cost to families but also as an investment
for the whole of society.

 www.census.gov
 Letablier, M-T. “Fertility and Family Policies
in France”, Journal of Population and Social
Security (Population), Supplement to Volume
1

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