Natal policies

• Birth rates were too low, death rates were too high after WW2


  Fertility rate increased from 1.8 to 2.03
• Pro-Natal Policy


  • Banned contraceptives till 1967
  • Paid maternity leave
  • Part time shifts for nursing mothers
  • Paid couples up to 1000 euros for their 3 kid
  • 30% reduction on all transport for couples with 3 kids
  • Partial paid healthcare
  • Free education since the age of 3
• Increase investment in education, healthcare and public transport

  Stressed the economy
• France has one of the highest fertility rates even after 80 years
• Baby boom, unsustainable growth

  Fertility rate decreased from 2.1 to 1.5
• Aim of policy


  Improve quality of life and reduce poverty
• Anti-Natal Policy


  • Couples must get sterilized after their first child to prevent any further births
  • If not sterilized, abortions were forced
  • 5 - 10% salary raise if they only had 1 child
  • 10% cut on salary for couples with more than 1 child
  • Second child doesn't receive chinese citizenship
• Decrease in investment in education, healthcare and public transport


  Saved the economy 3.1 billion dollars
• China prevented 300 million births