title: [Family, fertility, and income distribution:  is there a reason for political activities?].
abstract: "State interventionism in the family...is usually justified as a necessary correction of allocative and/or distributive distortions.  A critical analysis of this argument, however, reveals three related aspects: 1) A changed regenerative behaviour is often less the result of inefficient inter-family decisions; rather it results from an efficient reaction to changed economic and political conditions.  2) Optimal inter-family decisions can be prevented by imperfect capital markets and interventionism of the welfare state.  3) A receding rate of fertility leads probably not only to a more even inter- and intra-family distribution of income, but also influences the inter-generational distribution in a positive way." (SUMMARY IN ENG)
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Berthold
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D003657:Decision Making; D003710:Demography; D004467:Economics; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005191:Family Characteristics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005298:Fertility; D006076:Government; D007182:Income; D011057:Politics; D011153:Population; D011155:Population Control; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: Behavior; Critique; Decision Making--determinants; Demographic Factors; Economic Conditions; Economic Factors; Family And Household; Family Characteristics--determinants; Family Policy; Fertility; Government; Income; Income Distribution; Intergenerational Transfers; Macroeconomic Factors; Microeconomic Factors; Policy; Political Factors; Population; Population Control; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Social Policy; Socioeconomic Factors; World