Pro natalist policies

Examples of this policy in real life 

A pro-natalist policy is a population policy which aims to encourage more births through the use of incentives, like:

- campaigns 
- events 
- national days 
- increase taxes if people don't reproduce
- give rewards 

Sweden 

Why is it a pro natalist country?

• it has an aging population 
• developed country
• very small natural increase
• low fertility rate

How will Sweden improve their situation?

• by improving their gender equality - women are allowed to work and have children which encourages them to do so
• give pregnant women 18 months leave
• public day care
• flexible work days
• women are allowed to have less working hours than others
• increase the number of women in the work force

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Russia

Why is it a pro natalist country?

• ​they did not have enough young people to pay taxes 
• every year their population was decreasing by 700,000
• this was impacting the country's economic growth badly 

How will Russia improve their situation?

• they made a "Day of Conception" on September 12 where people have a day off of work and are encouraged to reproduce, if on June 12 a child is born the couple will reveice prizes 
• give money to use as educational or domectic purposes was given to women who gave birth to a second or third child 
• increase the maternity leave 
• increase child benefits 
• women with large families will receive awards
• if women gave up work to have kids they would earn 40% of what they earned whilst working 
• one plan was to create a free camp for young adults which included tents and a no condoms policy 

The policy was very succesfull and increased birth rates and fertility rates.

France's policy: case study 

Why did France need this policy?

It needed this policy becaude of its very low fertility rate caused by:

• High education levels, people were brought up with great knowledge on contraceptives and the consequences of unplanned pregancy, diseases, etc.
• Many women chose their careers over having children
• People married later
• People no longer needed many children or any to help them with farming or to take care of them
• France was scared that their population would not replace itself over time

​Their policy was called the Code de la Famille and this is what it did 

1. rewarded mothers who stayed at home to care for their children with cash incentives
2. offered  vacations
3. banned the purchase 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
• Public transport reduction by 30% for families of three children
• Expansion of day nurseries and provisioning of day nurseries
• Nursing mothers persuaded to have a part time job or take a weekly day off of work
• Big maternity grants​

Was it successful and how has it changed France?

• Because of this policy women now consider actually having children while still staying in work
• France’s fertility rate is one of the highest in Europe 

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Short quiz

title 0

Code de la Famille

title 1

Either:

• improved their gender equality 
• give pregnant women 18 months leave
• public day care
• flexible work days
• women are allowed to have less working hours than others
• increase the number of women in the work force

title 2

Day of Contracepetion : people have a day off of work and are encouraged to reproduce