Alleviating the problem of declining fertility and ageing population - the country’s childcare policy
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https://doi.org/10.61173/a96drr09Keywords:
childcare, fertility, age populationAbstract
This paper mainly to describes how childcare policies have alleviated the decline in fertility and population aging to a certain extent in five countries, Japan, South Korea, Germany, Italy and Iceland. Firstly, Five reasons for choosing these five countries to study childcare. Secondly, it gives a specific explanation of childcare policies, puts forward how the government implements childcare policies in these five countries, and analyzes whether childcare helps to improve the country’s fertility rate and alleviate the aging of the population. Finally, it is concluded that childcare policies can alleviate the population problems of the country to a certain extent, but also increase the economic pressure on the people. The childcare policy studied in this article is mainly to Provide a specific solution to some countries with population problems, which can appropriately use childcare policies to alleviate the problems of declining fertility and population aging.
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