Pro-Natalist Policy In France Flashcards
What concerns did France have?
Professional women are choosing to not have children.
What was encouraged?
3 children families.
What cash incentive was given?
£675 monthly given to women to stay off work for a year after the birth of their third child.
What did the carte famille nombreuse do?
LARGE REDUCTION ON TRAIN FARES.
More children…
Less tax to pay.
3 years of what?
Parental leave for both mothers/fathers.
Why was the policy introduced?
Low fertility rate because of education, female emancipation, later marriages and state benefits.
What were the policies put in place?
Cash incentive of £675 monthly for a mother to stay off work for year following birth of child.
More children = less income tax.
Payments up to £1064 to couples having their 3rd child.
30% fare reduction on public transport for 3 children families.
Child orientated development policies.
The more children a couple has…
The less income tax.
How much money was given to couple who were to have their 3rd child?
£1064.
What did mothers and farthers receive whilst on maternity leave?
Near full pay for up to 20 weeks.
What benefits happened on transport?
30% fare reduction on public transport for 3 children families.
What did the child orientate development policies put in place?
Provisioning of creches.
Day nurseries.
What were the implications?
Complex and not always consistent.
94,000 babes born to foreign mothers out of 77.400.
Pressure on government spending.
