When politics affects demography: How Erdogan has brought 10 percent more children to Turkey

(Bocconi University) Politics, and in particular the Islamist AKP party, played a decisive role in the reversal of demographic decline in Turkey since the early 2000s, through the provision of local welfare policies directed to families. The effects of the Turkish policies are surprisingly similar to Swedish welfare, but in a completely different setting. The study rules out alternative explanations based on an increase in religiosity.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news