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When is a baby boom not a baby boom?

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posted on 2023-05-16, 18:38 authored by Jackson, N
A small but significant increase in the Australian birth rate is being taken as evidence of the success of the Maternity Payment (Baby Bonus) introduced in July 2004, and broadly hailed as a 'baby boom'. However a number of alternative interpretations can be placed on this increase, not all of which might be desirable in the 21st Century. This paper poses nine points on which to consider the issue. It cautions against complacency that declining fertility has been permanently arrested, and against unqualified celebration of a return to a baby boom environment.

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Publication title

People and Place

Volume

14

Issue

4

Pagination

1-13

ISSN

1039-4788

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

Centre for Population and Urban Research, Monash University

Place of publication

Melbourne, Victoria

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  • Restricted

Socio-economic Objectives

Families and family services

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