Family Policies and Fertility in Norway

Trude Lappegård ()
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Trude Lappegård: Research Department, Statistics Norway

European Journal of Population, 2010, vol. 26, issue 1, No 6, 99-116

Abstract: Abstract We address the relationship between family policies and fertility in Norway, including three somewhat different policies: parental leave, formal childcare, and the childcare cash benefit. We use administrative register data covering the period 1995–2004. Norwegian family policies are designed both to improve reconciliation of work and family and to improve childcare choices for parents. The analysis shows different patterns of work–family reconciliation and fertility choices among one-child couples and two-child couples. The parental leave policy is the most influential of the three policies on second-birth intensities, especially if parental leave is also taken by the father. The introduction of the childcare cash benefit is most influential on third-birth intensities. This means that policies that promote paternal involvement in childcare and gender equality are positively associated with second births, while policies giving more general family support are positively associated with third births.

Keywords: Fertility; Family policy; Parental leave; Formal childcare; Childcare cash benefit; Fécondité; Politique familiale; Systèmes de garde d’enfants institutionnalisée; Allocation financière pour garde d’enfants (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s10680-009-9190-1

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