Editing Birth rate (section)

=== France ===
[[France]] has been successful in increasing fertility rates from the low levels seen in the late 1980s, after a continuous fall in the birth rate.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|last=이(Yi)|first=문숙(Moun Souk)|date=Winter 2016|title=프랑스의 저출산 문제 해소 요인 (Resolved Factors to Low Fertility in France)|journal=한국콘텐츠학회논문지(Journal of the Korea Contents Association)|volume=16 |issue=1|pages=558|doi=10.5392/jkca.2016.16.01.558|doi-access=free}}</ref> In 1994, the total fertility rate was as low as 1.66, but perhaps due to the active family policy of the government in the mid-1990s, it has increased, and maintained an average of 2.0 from 2008 until 2015.<ref name=":0" />

France has embarked on a strong incentive policy based on two key measures to restore the birth rate: family benefits (''les allocations familiales'') and a family-coefficient of income tax (''le quotient familial'').<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=이(Yi)|first=문숙(Moun Souk)|date=Winter 2016|title=프랑스의 저출산 문제 해소 요인 (Resolved Factors to Low Fertility in France)|journal=한국콘텐츠학회논문지(Journal of the Korea Contents Association)|volume=16 |issue=1|pages=561}}</ref> Since the end of World War II, early family policy in France has been based on a family tradition that requires children to support multi-child family, so that a third child enables a multi-child family to benefit from family allowances and income tax exemptions.<ref name=":1" /> This is intended to allow families with three children to enjoy the same living standards as households without children.<ref name=":1" />

In particular, the French income taxation system is structured so that families with children receive tax breaks greater than single adults without children.<ref name=":4">{{Cite journal|last=이(Yi)|first=문숙(Moun Souk)|date=Winter 2016|title=프랑스의 저출산 문제 해소 요인 (Resolved Factors to Low Fertility in France)|journal=한국콘텐츠학회논문지(Journal of the Korea Contents Association)|volume=16 |issue=1|pages=562}}</ref> This income tax imposition system is known as the family coefficient of income tax.<ref name=":4" /> A characteristic of the family factor is that households with a large number of children, even if they are at the same standard of living, can receive more tax exemption benefits.<ref name=":4" />

Since the 1970s, the focus has been on supporting families who are vulnerable such as single parent families and the children of a poor family in order to ensure equality of opportunity.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=이(Yi)|first=문숙(Moun Souk)|date=Winter 2016|title=프랑스의 저출산 문제 해소 요인 (Resolved Factors to Low Fertility in France)|journal=한국콘텐츠학회논문지(Journal of the Korea Contents Association)|volume=16 |issue=1|pages=563}}</ref> In addition, as many women began to participate in the labor market, the government introduced policies of financial support for childcare leave as well as childcare facilities.<ref name=":2" /> In 1994, the government expanded the parent education allowance (''l'allocation parentale d'éducation'') for women with two children to ensure freedom of choice and reduce formal unemployment in order to promote family well-being and women's labor participation.<ref name=":2" />

There are also:
* an infant child care allowance, family allowance and family allowance for multichild family, and a multi-element family pension scheme.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal|last=이(Yi)|first=문숙(Moun Souk)|date=Winter 2016|title=프랑스의 저출산 문제 해소 요인 (Resolved Factors to Low Fertility in France)|journal=한국콘텐츠학회논문지(Journal of the Korea Contents Association)|volume=16 |issue=1|pages=564}}</ref>
*a medical insurance system that covers all medical expenses, hospitalization costs, and medical expenses incurred after six months of pregnancy as 100% of the national health insurance in the national social security system, and the statutory leave system during pregnancy.<ref name=":3" />