The E.U. countries 
European countries When administrative executive organ, European Commission of European Union (EU) "did declining birthrate measures for the top priority problem of the next five years for the whole area of Europe in 2004 ," I expressed it. Each European country performed various actions including the policies such as public childcare, employment equality of opportunity, the child care allowance. As a result, the birth rate is restored.
France
It was the country which was high in the birth rate between the major countries, but average number of births per woman fell to 1.7 in the late 1990s.
I turn over and recover to 1.89 afterwards in 2003.
France is said to be "the country which is advantageous so as to give birth if I give birth", and economical support thickens at all.
・The family allowance which I am equivalent to a children's allowance, and is paid to 16 years old after the second child
・Infant salary to be paid from the fourth month of pregnancy to a birthday of the third place
・I treat it from 6 years old to 16 years old in a new school term
・Childcare allowance when I raise under 3 years old at home
There is ten items.
In addition,
・For child care generation (household bringing up children more than three in particular), income tax largely reduces taxes, and a pension adds it.
・ It is free including rehabilitation of the after giving birth from the pregnancy delivery such as consultation charges and a prenatal diagnosis of the obstetrics, the delivery expense.
・School expenses to the high schools are free in principle, and the school expenses of the public university are approximately free only with registration procedure costs and a healthy premium, too.
and so, the help in the economic aspect are great!
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If support is warm only as for this, the thought not to be able to lay a child because school expenses and educational expenses cost money does not seem to get up!! |
Germany
I take the child care support policy that established an important point in the parental leave system by parental leave as up to three years out of 1992.
In the third year, the first salary of the parental leave of 2 years is unpaid by fixed amount security.
However, a 3-year vacation was an approved thing, and a working rate decreased.
The working rate of mother who had a young child by having expanded a reemployment system went up 12% afterwards in 14 years.
In addition, the payment of 350 marks goes to 300 marks, the fourth child to monthly basis 220 marks, the third child to a first child and the second child, too.
Italy
The Italian average number of births per woman was less than Japan after the 1980s, but in late years recovered gently. The average number of births per woman of 2004 became the highest standard with 1.33 in the past 15 years, and the total population increased after an interval of 12 years, too.
In 2001, a father vacation and parents vacation were introduced other than maternity leave.
Even father can acquire all or part of the maternity leave, and the father vacation can acquire the parents vacation for ten months until a child becomes 8 years old.
Constant income is guaranteed during a vacation. The childcare service was said to be largely short. Therefore it enforces the furtherance system (2003) to the company installing nursery schools in the financial measures and workplace for a founded nursery school.
Furthermore, economical support includes many medical treatments, but, from 2003, I deliver a child after the later-born and carry out a lump sum supply system of approximately 134,000 yen for a woman to cope with birth after the later-born decreasing.
The U.K.
Because the U.K. is nanny state of the liberalism to give top priority to a market mechanism, it is said that the government avoids intervening in a family.
There was not the maternity leave until 1999, and I was unpaid, and or a thing established to the age was (there is severe regulation including the period of employment) for 14 weeks for 29 weeks (there is no regulation).
As for time younger than four years, lower-income class and the particularly public child care support are inadequate for the childcare out of the home.
I match it with the promotion of the measure that a company cooperated with the government by work-life balance (harmony of work and the life) exercise and plan improvement of child care aid package.
Sweden
The birth rate dropped Sweden from 2.4 to 1.68 from 1965 through 80.
However, it was restored in 2.02 in 1989.
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It is great in only nine years!How they can do it? |
It is because the environmental facilities as the Swedish "welfare developed country" greatly raised an effect!
・A nursery school, a house are near to the workplace (movement time is split and is with a child for a long time)
・Working hours are short (there is little overtime work)
・Maintenance and the time for nursery school (because a nursery school keeps it for a long time, do not take too many baby-sitter charges)
・A vacation system is substantial
The Swedish vacation system is particularly famous.
As for the pregnancy, the maternity leave, mother can get father on 10th for 50 days a year, too.
And the parental leave separates you with both parents even in succession and I get it and rest it until 450 days in eight years.
Children are produced at the time of disease how again on a holiday for class visit for 120 days a year in parents.
The numerical value that income of 80~90% is compensated these vacations for, and this looks worldwide, and is very high! ！
Of old days some as for "is eight years in parents 450 days" of the parental leave, in a system, be revised in 2002,
☆ The period when mother has a right: 240 days
It is 180 days that I can hand it over to father soon
It is 60 days that I can acquire only mother soon
☆ The period when father has a right: For 240 days
It is 180 days that I can hand it over to mother soon
It is 60 days that I can acquire only father soon
During the period when only father either could acquire it with mother, I was called the "moon "moon of the mom" of the daddy" each, and it contributed to the fact that this, and, as for the parental leave acquisition rate of father, it was to 88.7%.
(by the way, as for the parental leave acquisition rate of Japanese father in 2008 is 1.2%!)
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The support of that made increasing Sweden's "Ikumen"!! ※"Ikumen" means the father who takes care of thier child |
Besides, 80% of salaries of the cause cause are compensated for in parental leave for first 390 days. (by the way, in 40% of Japan!) ！)