Babies and Bosses - Highlights - Italy
The Italian fertility rate is one of the lowest in the world.
Few women work compared to the rest of the OECD.
Italian women have to choose between paid work and caring for children. There is insufficient help for many women to be able to combine the two.
Italian children are amongst the least likely in the OECD to attend formal childcare institutions between the ages of 0 and 2. Increasing accessibility to childcare both in terms of affordability and regional availability will help for mothers to enter the workforce earlier.
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