How the one-child norm led to the sustained rise in GDP - Economics - Unit IV- Comparative Development Experiences of India and its Neighbours

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How the one-child norm led to the sustained rise in GDP?

Amit Chatterjee · Accepted Answer

Sadik, one-child norm was adopted in China as one of the measures
of economic development It was aimed to control the alarming
population growth rate in China The important implication of the
norm in China is the low population growth This measure also led to
the fall in the sex ratio in China, i e the proportion of females
per thousand males However, the country believes that in the coming
decades there will be more elderly people in proportion to the
young people This will oblige the country to provide social
security measures with fewer workers â€‹As of
result of the improved demographic indicators, there was a rise in
the economic welfare of the people, higher per capita income and
superior quality of human capital All these factors have a
long-term benefits to Chinese economy To sum up, we can accord
one-child norm to be one of the factors that are responsible for
present day well-developed China