Family Policies in France: between generosity and ambiguity

Hélène Périvier (1)

1 OFCE - Observatoire français des conjonctures économiques (Sciences Po)

The trend of female employment in France is original in comparison with the other European countries. Although French women have more children than their European sister members they are massively present on the labour market. As Jeanne Fagnani (2001) emphasises it, this paradox changes the general idea about the negative impact of female activity on fertility (...).

Domains: Economics and Finance

Hélène Périvier. Family Policies in France: between generosity and ambiguity. The MOCHO Newsletter, 2002, 2, pp.1-3. ⟨hal-00972696⟩