10/10/2025

Research

A TFR Triptych. Birth Rate Policies in South Korea, France and Hungary

A research paper by Dr. Péter Szitás, Senior Research Fellow at the Danube Institute, Hugo Martin, Visiting Research Fellow at the Danube Institute, and Muriel Lee, Research Intern at the Danube Institute

Through the analysis of family policies in South Korea, France, and Hungary, valuable insight is gleaned into the nature of contemporary population demographics. Each country faces different, yet under similar circumstances, demographic issues. This paper uses South Korea, France, and Hungary as case studies to analyse modern states’ engagement with the subject of family policy and pro-natalist governmental support programmes.

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