Lowest-Low Fertility in South Korea: Policy and Domestic Labor Supports and the Transition to Second Birth

• Published in: Social forces Vol. 99; no. 2; pp. 700 - 731
• Main Authors: Kim, Joeun, Luke, Nancy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 01.12.2020
• Subjects: Alleviation; Childbearing; Childbirth & labor; Constraints; Families & family life; Family (Sociological Unit); Family conflict; Family leave; Family work relationship; Females; Fertility; Fertility, Human; Government regulation; Housework; Human fertility; Husbands; Industrialized nations; Institutional aspects; Labor policy; Labour policy; Laws, regulations and rules; Parents & parenting; Policy making; Political aspects; Social aspects; Social networks; Social support; Spouses; Women; Women's issues; Work and family; South Korea

Abstract Scholars and policymakers contend that severe work-family constraints for women are a key contributor to lowest-low fertility in industrialized countries. Two separate areas of research have examined supports that could alleviate these constraints and potentially increase fertility: institu...