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France to Pay Parents of Third Borns

By Montag | Related entries in In The News, The World

France is offering cash money to parents who have a third child.

A new measure will award $916 a month to parents who take one year’s unpaid leave from work after the birth of a third child…

And what is their reason?

France’s fertility rate, at an average of 1.9 children per woman, is the second highest in Europe after Ireland’s, around 2. But it is still below the 2.07 level needed to prevent population decline.

Associated Press: France Offers Incentives to Parents

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One Response to “France to Pay Parents of Third Borns”

File Closer Says:
September 23rd, 2005 at 4:28 pm
First the “Non” on the EU treaty, now this. Are the French once again concerned about what’s good for themselves, rather than what’s good for their sometimes pugnacious neighbor to he east?

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