francepolicypopgrowth

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 In 1939, the Republic of France passed its first pro-natalist legislation, the "Code de la famille". A pro-natalist policy is a type of population policy which aims to increase the number of births in the specified country (in this case France) through the use of numerous kinds of incentives. The "Code de la famille" offered cash incentives for women who stayed home and took care of their children, offered subsidized holidays and discouraged the us of contraceptives in order to increase birth rates.  After France saw the success of its policy with the 1980's Baby Boom, France decided to offer more governmental incentives which included the payment of around €1,000 to couples with a third child. It also offered generous maternity grants and allowed maternity leave on nearly fully pay ranging from 20 - 40 weeks depending on family size.  France began offering different types of incentives. Slowly it began giving incentives to people such as full tax benefits to parents until their youngest child reaches the age of 18. Other incentives include a 30% discount in all public transport for families with 3 children. Child care costs were also extremely lowered.  **Success     
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===Due to France’s succesfull pro-natalist policy “Code de la famille”, France experienced a strong baby boom in the 1980’s and almost three decades later, in 2007, France celebrated its biggest baby boom since the 1980’s ===