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oapen-20.500.12657-273532021-11-12T15:54:08Z Bismarck's Institutions Scheubel, Beatrice Economics Economic History Corporate & Business History Advanced Economies Social Security Hypothesis insurance Fertility birth rates social security Bismarck demography demographic change The decline in birth rates in advanced economies is not a new phenomenon. Between 1880 and 1900 birth rates dropped from 5.5 children per woman to 2.5 children per woman. A further decline from 2.5 to 1.5 or even 1.3 children took much longer – about 80 years. One of the most apparent causes is, however, widely ignored. Beatrice Scheubel tries to fill this gap. According to the so-called Social Security Hypothesis, insurance against the risks of life (i.e. poverty for all sorts of reasons, in particular, age) by the state crowds out all types of private insurance. One of the (vast) different possibilities to privately insure oneself against poverty is having children. That is why it should not be surprising to witness falling birth rates given the sheer magnitude of the welfare state. In this book, Beatrice Scheubel analyses the effects of the first comprehensive system of social security, which was introduced between 1883 and 1891 in Germany. 2019-01-10 23:55 2018-12-01 23:55:55 2020-03-31 03:00:26 2020-04-01T11:50:08Z 2020-04-01T11:50:08Z 2013-01-01 book 1002655 OCN: 1082954467 9783161524974 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27353 eng application/pdf n/a 1002655.pdf https://www.mohr.de/en/book/bismarcks-institutions-9783161522727 Mohr Siebeck 101865 773c36f2-8bde-4e8c-8b8d-7fab7b2879fe b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9783161524974 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) 101865 KU Select 2018: HSS Backlist Books Knowledge Unlatched open access
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The decline in birth rates in advanced economies is not a new phenomenon. Between 1880 and 1900 birth rates dropped from 5.5 children per woman to 2.5 children per woman. A further decline from 2.5 to 1.5 or even 1.3 children took much longer – about 80 years. One of the most apparent causes is, however, widely ignored. Beatrice Scheubel tries to fill this gap. According to the so-called Social Security Hypothesis, insurance against the risks of life (i.e. poverty for all sorts of reasons, in particular, age) by the state crowds out all types of private insurance. One of the (vast) different possibilities to privately insure oneself against poverty is having children. That is why it should not be surprising to witness falling birth rates given the sheer magnitude of the welfare state. In this book, Beatrice Scheubel analyses the effects of the first comprehensive system of social security, which was introduced between 1883 and 1891 in Germany.
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