La evidencia internacional sobre políticas de fecundidad y las propuestas para el caso uruguayo
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fecundidad, políticas de fecundidad, fecundidad baja, América Latina, evaluación de políticasResumen
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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