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Population Control in South Korea Scholars and development officials h

Scholars and development officials have attempted to ascertain the possible relationship between socioeconomic development and efforts to reduce the birth rate in developing countries. Population control in south Korea has been linked with attempts at improved economic development both as a factor contributing to improved development and as a consequence of development. An analysis of government involvement in family planning in South Korea and the social changes brought about by population control can be used to consider the long-term economic effects of such a policy.

Economists and development authorities have been asking in recent years what to think about the role of socioeconomic development in reducing fertility. Among the questions raised has been whether family planning programs are necessary to facilitate the reduction of fertility in the presence of socioeconomic development. Economists have been asked how relevant is an economic theory of human fertility behavior. Richard A. Easterlin argues that a comprehensive economic framework incorporating a variant of the theory of consumer behavior is the best point of departure for systematic fertility analysis. The theory of consumer behavior views the individual as trying to maximize satisfaction in the face of a range of goods, their prices, and his or her own tastes and income. Applying this approach to fertility analysis, children are viewed as a special kind of good. Fertility is seen as a response to the demand of the consumer for children relative to other goods. The variant of this approach, as set forth by Easterlin, holds that the determinants of fertility work through one or more of the following: the demand for children if fertility regulation were costless; the potential output of children if no conscious effort were made to control fertility; and the costs of fertility regulation. The immediate determinants of the demand for children are income, the pric...

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