people have particular babymaking powers or anything like that. it is because france has a strong welfare program that encourages people to keep having kids. >> absolutely. a generous program put in place in the 1930'suntry set up a family allowance system. up until recently, this was a universal system of cash handouts, but in 2015, facing a major budget -- a major budget deficit, they decided to make the system income dependent, so higher income families make a little less. it makes a big difference when it comes to people's budgets. >> keeps you in diapers, that's for sure. let's talk about parental leave. some say it is not that high in france compared to other countries. >> noted countries he all these amazing systems. maternity leave in france is 16 weeks pai full salary. paternity leave just increased recently. what makes a real difference, though, is at the state makes it easier for women to go back to work. this is what studies have shown. the easier you make it for women to go back into the workforce, the more babies they have. that being said, this reasoning has been thrown up into the air due to the covered pandemic. there is so much uncertainty about the future. will the french recover

program that encourages people to keep having kids. >> it is a generous system that was put in place in the 1930's to boost the birth rate.tate set up a family allowance system backed by tax incentives. you start receiving them on the birth of your second child. up until recently, this was a universal system of cash handouts. but in 2015, facing a major budget deficit, the socialist government decided to make the system income dependent. high income families receive less. let's take a look at one case. if you are family earning less than 70,000 euros a year, for two children you get 139.95 euros per month. it makes a big difference when it comes to people's budgets. >> keeps you in diapers. parental leave. some would say it is not that high in france compared to other countries. >> compared to the nordic countries which have amazing systems. maternity lea is 16 weeks paid full salary. paternity leave just increased recently at 28 days. what makes a real difference is that it state makes it easier for women to go back to work. and this is what studies have shown. the easier you make it for women to go back into the workfor