2023-07-06 07:24:00
[파이낸셜뉴스] On the 6th, Kim Yeong-chul, a professor of economics at Sogang University, said, “In most countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), non-married families are socially accepted,” and the importance of ‘birth without marriage’ to solve population problems and related support. emphasis was placed on institutional arrangements.
Professor Kim said this at the 6th Seoul Population Symposium held at the Conrad Hotel in Yeouido, Seoul on the same day, in a lecture on the theme of ‘birth without marriage as a population policy’.
According to the Population and Housing Census, the unmarried rate of those in their 30s has increased rapidly from 20% for men and 7.5% for women in the 2000s to about 42% recently.
Regarding this, Professor Kim believes that unlike in the past, women’s economic activities have increased, and in the case of women in their 20s, the employment rate and economic power of women are ahead of men’s, and so on. Professor Kim explained, “When a woman gets married, it becomes a significant burden in her career, and it is not easy to combine the assets of both sides due to the difference in economic power.”
In addition, Professor Kim pointed out that although the age of first marriage in OECD countries is similar to that of Korea, the age of first childbirth is at most 5 to 6 years older in Korea.
In the case of overseas, marriage is not essential to start a family.
Taking this as an example, Professor Kim diagnosed the need to accept the concept of a ‘families with companions’ who can receive institutional benefits even without marriage. Professor Kim said, “Even if single families are suddenly recognized in society and non-married births do not become natural, it is the right time to start thinking about this system and publicizing it.” We should grant benefits such as charter loans,” he insisted. special reporting team
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