Family Policies in Russia : Could Efforts to Raise Fertility Rates Slow Population Aging?

Policymakers in many countries, including the Russian Federation, are attempting to encourage fertility as part of their response to the challenge of population aging. Whether pro-natalist policies will be effective depends crucially on how well th...

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Main Authors:	Elizarov, Valeriy, Levin, Victoria
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	LIVING STANDARDS POPULATION INCREASE UNITED NATIONS POPULATION DIVISION CAREGIVERS UNEMPLOYMENT RATES REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH YOUNG ADULTHOOD WORKFORCE ECONOMIC GROWTH QUALITY OF SERVICES WORKING-AGE POPULATION DEPENDENT CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES FOR WOMEN FIRST CHILD HIGH DEATH RATES FAMILY SUPPORT HIGH BIRTH RATE LABOR FORCE WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE REPLACEMENT LEVEL FERTILITY PATTERNS ACCESS TO CONTRACEPTIVES HEALTH CARE IMMIGRANTS GENDER EQUITY GENDER PARITY DEMOGRAPHIC POLICIES NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS CHILD BIRTH YOUNG MOTHERS FERTILITY TRENDS FUTURE GENERATIONS VULNERABILITY POPULATION SIZE GOVERNMENT SUPPORT POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OLD-AGE LONGER LIFE PUBLIC HEALTH EFFECTIVE POLICIES LIFE EXPECTANCY DEMOGRAPHERS PUBLIC POLICY LABOR MARKET MATERNITY LEAVE FAMILY POLICIES DECENT HEALTH CARE NEWBORNS GENDER GAP TRAINING GENDER STEREOTYPES EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT POPULATION GROWTH POPULATION DIVISION FERTILITY RATES FAMILY SIZE BABY IDEAL NUMBER OF CHILDREN DEMOGRAPHIC PROJECTIONS SECONDARY SCHOOL CITIZEN FERTILITY RATE BIRTH RATES MIGRATION EMERGENCIES CHILDBEARING AGE ADOPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME GENDER INEQUALITIES MEDICAL CARE MARRIAGE SOCIAL SECURITY LARGER FAMILIES DEPENDENCY RATIOS PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORT TO FAMILIES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT CHILD CARE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ELDERLY WORKING MOTHERS EDUCATED WOMEN INFORMATION CAMPAIGNS MARKET ECONOMY UNEMPLOYMENT EDUCATED MOTHERS CHILDBIRTH DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION HUMAN CAPITAL INFANT EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN YOUNG ADULTS POLICIES CONTRACEPTIVES IMMIGRATION POLICY WOMAN PENSIONS SINGLE CHILD MARRIED COUPLES SOCIAL POLICY REPRODUCTIVE INTENTIONS LABOUR MARKET GOVERNMENT OFFICES WOMEN DURING PREGNANCY SAFETY NET PUBLIC AWARENESS IMPACTS OF POPULATION REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR FEWER CHILDREN GLOBAL POPULATION EARLY CHILDHOOD REGIONAL INITIATIVES ENHANCING WOMEN POPULATION RESEARCH POPULATION CONFERENCE IMPACT ON FERTILITY POPULATIONS MOTHER YOUNG CHILDREN CHILDBEARING POLICY OLDER WOMEN REPRODUCTIVE AGE LARGE FAMILIES SOCIAL POLICIES SMALLER FAMILIES NUMBER OF WOMEN CHILDREN PER WOMAN SEX FIRST BIRTH GOVERNMENT POLICIES MODERN CONTRACEPTIVES PREGNANT WOMEN PARTICIPATION OF WOMEN WORKING CONDITIONS WAR TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES PARENTAL LEAVE NUMBER OF BIRTHS RURAL AREAS NUMBER OF CHILDREN FEMALE LABOR FORCE ILLNESS IMMIGRATION NUMBER OF ABORTIONS NUMBER OF DEATHS LOWER FERTILITY NATIONAL COUNCIL POPULATION DEATH RATES MARITAL STATUS FAMILY RESPONSIBILITIES LIVING CONDITIONS MARRIED WOMEN LOW FERTILITY FERTILITY WOMEN NEWBORN FERTILITY DECLINE DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY PREGNANCY FIRST BIRTHS ABORTION DECLINE IN FERTILITY NUMBER OF CHILDREN PER WOMAN
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25045632/ http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22614