La evidencia internacional sobre políticas de fecundidad y las propuestas para el caso uruguayo

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https://doi.org/10.18504/pl3365-014-2025

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fecundidad, políticas de fecundidad, fecundidad baja, América Latina, evaluación de políticas

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Este artículo presenta una sistematización de la evidencia internacional acerca del efecto de políticas que buscan influir en la fecundidad y analiza las que recién se han propuesto en Uruguay. Se concluye que es infrecuente el aumento de los nacimientos tras políticas de incentivo a la natalidad. No obstante, puede resultar provechosa la implementación de un conjunto coherente de políticas que incluyan un amplio acceso a cuidados infantiles y transferencias a lo largo de la infancia, buscando mejorar el bienestar de niños, padres y madres, más allá del eventual aumento en la cantidad de nacimientos, que en cualquier caso será modesto. Los resultados de este trabajo contribuyen a la discusión del diseño de políticas públicas en el actual contexto latinoamericano de descenso de la fecundidad.

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Ignacio Pardo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Doctor en Sociología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España) 

Gabriela Pedetti, Universidad de la República

Magíster en Demografía y Estudios de Población por la Universidad de la República (Uruguay) 

Mariana Fernández Soto, Universidad de la República

Doctora en Ciencias Sociales, opción Estudios de Población por la Universidad de la República (Uruguay)   

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