Demographic and Family Policies as a Part of Contemporary Social Policy: Theoretical Approaches, Goals, Implementation Mechanisms and Performance Assessment (Part 2)-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Demographic and Family Policies as a Part of Contemporary Social Policy: Theoretical Approaches, Goals, Implementation Mechanisms and Performance Assessment (Part 2)

Published:2022-06-16 Issue:2 Volume:18 Page:189-200
ISSN:1999-9836
Container-title:Living Standards of the Population in the Regions of Russia
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Author:

Sinitsa Arseniy¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Abstract

Despite the long history of implementation of demographic policy, there is no consensus on its results. The principles and criteria for evaluating the results are discussed in great detail in the literature, but opinions differ greatly with regard to the domestic policy. Nevertheless, experts assess the results as low, because despite the success of certain years stable natural population growth has not been achieved. The results of family policy are also low, since the poverty of families with children is very high, and the family crisis has not been overcome. The article examines some of the benefits of demographic and family policy, which are aimed at helping young families and families with children. It is noted that the benefits in general do not fulfill their function, because they are small enough to make a noticeable contribution to the family budget, or do not provide a standard of living even at the level of the subsistence minimum. It is shown that, in general, the more economically developed a region is, the more opportunities it has to implement more active policies, although the relationship between the level of economic development and the amount of assistance to families with children is not always direct. However, the differences between the regions are significant. It is concluded that other measures of assistance to families with children need to be considered in more detail, and that regional measures of assistance to families need to be monitored regularly. It is necessary to increase funding for demographic and family policy measures and to modernize the system of benefits. It is also necessary to strengthen family policy measures aimed at creating the need for a family way of life and for several children in the family. This article is the second part of the study. The first part examined the goals, functions, and approaches to demographic and family policies (see Journal Issue No. 1, 2022).

Publisher

Bulletin of the IE RAS, Institute of Economics Russian Academy of Sciences

Subject

Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering,Materials Science (miscellaneous),Business and International Management

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