Child and family allowance schemes go back a long way in Europe. In 1918, an industrialist in the outskirts of Paris began to distribute a "family allowance" to mothers bearing and rearing children in order to guarantee a plentiful workforce for the metallurgical industries.
「兒童家庭津貼」在歐洲行之有年，早在一九一八年，法國巴黎郊區的資本家為了確保冶金工人的勞動力充裕，因而補助當地婦女生養小孩，發給「家庭津貼」。