SOC303H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Living Wage, Immigration, Reproductive Health
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Population policy goals: military strength, political power, composition of population, welfare state, health, environment, economic development, labor force. Pre-modern population policies: size of population: sign of health and thriving society, and political power, throughout history, rulers have tried to increase size and growth of population. Eugenics movement: eugenics: set of beliefs and practices aimed at improving the quality of the human population, biological determinism francis galton, 1880s, many proponents believed in the genetic superiority of nordic and anglo- Nazi germany: pro-natalist policies promoting fertility among aryan women, forced sterilizations of members of undesirable groups . Challenges for welfare states: aging populations in countries with below replacement fertility. Pay-as-you-go: today"s workers pay taxes that flow back to beneficiaries as monthly income. Lowest-low fertility: labor shortages, increase in women"s employment participation at odds with increased fertility, fertility change, what factors have contributed to the decline in fertility, can policies change fertility behavior, theoretical framework.
