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Kids or career: Germany's falling birth rate dilemma - reporter

 
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Kids or career: Germany's falling birth rate dilemma - reporter


Germany has one of the lowest birth rates in Europe and it continued to decline between 2001 and 2011.

This is despite Angela Merkel's government spending a lot of money on subsidies promoting and helping families. So why has this investment seemingly not payed off?

To help increase the birthrate Angela Merkel's government decided to fork out family subsidies amounting to 200 billion euros a year. But this seems to have had little success.

A huge project to construct day care centres in Germany could be one way to change the trend. It's a system that is well developed in France and Scandinavian countries, which also boast higher birthrates.

So why do qualified women in Germany have no children at all, or why do they tend to start a family later in life? Some students think it's because of the country's long studies.

In Germany, more women then men have higher education qualifications but most of the executive posts are still in the hands of men.





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