family law, worldwide
Posted in Europe, North America on May 27th, 2008
Today at Slate.com there two related posts addressing both same-sex marriage and child subsidies. In Doug Kmiec’s post he posits that the U.S. should pay people to have children the same way many European countries do. He argues this will encourage our birthrate and promote family values, and, that if same-sex marriage is [...]
Posted in Europe on May 1st, 2008
This Spiegel Online article reports that Family Minister Ursula von der Leyen’s controversial policies of paying parents up to $2,810 for up to 12 months, increasing support for paternity leave and implementing a plan to triple the number of daycare places have worked: The fertility rate was 1.45 children per woman, up from 1.33 in [...]
Posted in Asia on Apr 30th, 2008
Many developed countries now struggle with declining birthrates. Dramatic population shifts have sociological as well as significant economic consequences, leading some countries to make the promotion of reproduction part of government policy.
Today the New York Times reported on a new approach in Singapore: university classes teaching students how to date, fall in love and [...]
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