A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES
The aim of this article is to review key aspects of family demographics and family policies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, and discuss similarities and differences between the five countries. After a brief historical sketch, some aspect s of family demographics – union formation an...
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ftvilniusunivojs:oai:ojs.www4063.vu.lt:article/4871 2023-07-30T04:04:24+02:00 A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES Grødem, Anne Skevik 2015-01-01 application/pdf https://www.journals.vu.lt/BJPS/article/view/4871 https://doi.org/10.15388/BJPS.2014.3.4871 ltu unknown Vilnius University Press https://www.journals.vu.lt/BJPS/article/view/4871/3127 https://www.journals.vu.lt/BJPS/article/view/4871 doi:10.15388/BJPS.2014.3.4871 Copyright (c) 2015 Baltic Journal of Political Science Baltic Journal of Political Science; No 3 (2014): Baltic Journal of Political Science; 50-66 Baltic Journal of Political Science; Nr. 3 (2014): Baltic Journal of Political Science; 50-66 2424-5488 2335-2337 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article 2015 ftvilniusunivojs https://doi.org/10.15388/BJPS.2014.3.4871 2023-07-08T22:17:50Z The aim of this article is to review key aspects of family demographics and family policies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, and discuss similarities and differences between the five countries. After a brief historical sketch, some aspect s of family demographics – union formation and dissolution, fertility, and female employment rates – are presented. The main part of the article reviews family policies: family benefits, parental leaves, public child-care and financial support for home-based care. The article ends with a discussion of future challenges for Nordic family policies, and the potential for policy transfer. It is emphasised that the “Nordic model” of family policy is a model with at least four faces: the “low-key” Finnish version, the maximalist equality-and-choice-oriented Norwegian version, the Swedish dual earner/dual carer version and the universal employment-oriented Danish version. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Vilnius University Press Scholarly Journals Norway Baltic Journal of Political Science 3 3 50 |
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The aim of this article is to review key aspects of family demographics and family policies in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, and discuss similarities and differences between the five countries. After a brief historical sketch, some aspect s of family demographics – union formation and dissolution, fertility, and female employment rates – are presented. The main part of the article reviews family policies: family benefits, parental leaves, public child-care and financial support for home-based care. The article ends with a discussion of future challenges for Nordic family policies, and the potential for policy transfer. It is emphasised that the “Nordic model” of family policy is a model with at least four faces: the “low-key” Finnish version, the maximalist equality-and-choice-oriented Norwegian version, the Swedish dual earner/dual carer version and the universal employment-oriented Danish version. |
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Grødem, Anne Skevik A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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A REVIEW OF FAMILY DEMOGRAPHICS AND FAMILY POLICIES IN THE NORDIC COUNTRIES |
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review of family demographics and family policies in the nordic countries |
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Baltic Journal of Political Science; No 3 (2014): Baltic Journal of Political Science; 50-66 Baltic Journal of Political Science; Nr. 3 (2014): Baltic Journal of Political Science; 50-66 2424-5488 2335-2337 |
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