Social-Policies

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The Economic Issues Surrounding Redistribution to Families

Having initially focused on supporting the birth rate, family policy now has three goals: contributing to offsetting family expenses, helping vulnerable families and ensuring a work-life balance. To this end, it has a large number of schemes that are sometimes difficult to understand. It nevertheless carries out significant redistribution from childless families to other families, especially large... Lire la suite

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Les brèves économiques d'Autriche et de Slovénie (juillet à septembre 2023)

Autriche : +9,7 %, la revalorisation des retraites en 2024 +++ Pessimisme chez le entrepreneurs +++ 4,5 Mrd EUR pour la petite enfance +++ etc. Slovénie : inondations : un second prêt européen en soutien +++ Croissance à 1,6 % DU PIB +++Baisse des exportations de 7,5 % +++ Hausse des prix de l'immobilier de 7,4 % en glissement annuel +++ etc.... Lire la suite

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Unequal Access to Day Nurseries and Related Economic Issues

Formal childcare for young children before they start nursery school (école maternelle) has a dual objective: to support parents’ professional activity and to foster children’s cognitive development. Whilst the current shortfall in the childcare offering in France hampers the reduction of social and gender inequality, a number of measures are increasing recourse to childcare in day nurseries (crèc... Lire la suite