Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0665337

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0665337

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

If men did more housework, would women have more babies? Cross-national fertility rates and the gender division of labour. This project could contribute to the future well being of Australian society and its citizens by addressing the increasingly pressing social issue of fertility decline, and its consequence, population aging. The Treasury Intergenerational Report 2002-3 has identified structural aging of the population as a major social challenge because it threatens labour supply, social stability and economic growth. The taxes of a shrinking work force may have to support a mounting number of dependent elderly. The proposed research could identify practical social interventions to facilitate higher birth rates, which would slow population aging by increasing the ratio of young people to elderly.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2006

End Date: 31-12-2009

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $295,176.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Demography | Population Trends And Policies | Family And Household Studies | Gender Specific Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Families | Gender |

Other Keywords

Demography | Families | Family And Household Studies | Gender | Gender Specific Studies | Population Trends And Policies

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