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The Determinants Of Childbirth Grants Of Local Governments In South Korea, Gi-Jung Kim
The Determinants Of Childbirth Grants Of Local Governments In South Korea, Gi-Jung Kim
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Declining fertility is one of the top policy issues in South Korea. To increase the birth rate, the government of South Korea has been enacting several fertility encouragement polices. Although almost all of the birth encouragement policies have been led by the central government, a childbirth grant program was developed by primary local governments themselves. The grant levels vary significantly between local governments.
I examine what explains the differences in the childbirth grant level by analyzing twelve years (2004-2015) of panel data with a fixed-effects model. Prior studies indicate that the extent of demand for a policy and the availability …