№ 448, septembre 2008
Family policies in developed countries: contrasting models. Olivier
Thévenon
Contents:
Is childbearing incompatible with a working career?
The Nordic countries: strong support for families with small children
Denmark: strong state intervention
The Anglo-Saxon countries: support targeted on preschool children
and poor families
Southern Europe: more limited support
The French model: substantial support...
... which both increases and descreases female employment
№ 449, Octobre 2008
Prospects of population decline in Japan. Jacques Véron
Contents:
Sustained low fertilityand the world's highest life expectancy
Fewer extended families, more people living alone
Radical changes in the age structureand a smaller labour force
Are these changes inevitable?
№ 450, Novembre 2008
An overall decline in middle-age mortality across Western Europe:
lowest death risks for Spanish women and Swedish men. Stein Emil
Vollset
Contents:
A rapid decrease in mortality at ages 40-70
Variations by country and sex
A radical change in geographicaldistribution between 1952 and 2001,for
women especially
Contrasting trends in cancer mortalityfor men and women
A variable decline in cardio-vascular mortality
A new hierarchy
The influence of lifestyle
№ 451, décembre 2008 :
In-vitro fertilization in France:200,000 “test-tube” babies in
the last 30 years. Élise de La Rochebrochard
Contents:
An array of medical techniques
Assisted Reproductive Technologyin figures
IVF: from technically possibleto socially desirable
Major differencesin legislation across Europe
№ 452, janvier 2009
Migration from sub-Saharan Africa to Europe:still a limited trend.
David Lessault, Cris Beauchemin
Contents:
A minority of the immigrant population, undocumented migrants included
Few sub-Saharans migrateaway from Africa
Most refugees stay in Africa
The new European receiving countries: havens for "illegal"
sub-Saharan Africans?
№ 453, février 2009
Comment corriger les inégalités de retraite entre hommes
et femmes ? L’expérience de cinq pays européens. Carole
Bonnet, Marco Geraci
Contents:
Des écarts de pensions importants entre hommes et femmes dans
tous les pays
Les inégalités persistent sur le marché du travail
Plusieurs voies pour favoriser l'égalité entre les hommes
et les femmes
Les instruments disponibles
La pension de réversion en perte de vitesse et l'apparition
du partage des droits à la retraite au sein du couple
Des droits familiaux de retraite qui se développent
L'importance des droits familiaux dans les pays étudiés
№454, mars 2009
France 2008: why are birth numbers still rising? Gilles Pison
Contents:
Birth numbers are stable over the long term
Fertility measured by year has been rising
Fertility measured by cohort is stable,at about two children per
woman
Women are having the same number of children, but later
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