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Pressure to Excel Drives South Korea’s Birth Decline | South Korea News
South Korea’s plummeting birthrate may be tied to crushing pressure to get kids into elite schools—new research reveals parents are spending fortunes on tutoring and extracurriculars, leaving little room for another child. Women born between 1970–1975 could have had 2.45 kids without this system, but ended up with just 1.92. The education race forces even lower-income families to spend more, while the “motherhood penalty” slashes women’s earnings by up to 46% after childbirth. Experts say taxing private education and reinvesting in families could ease the burden and reverse the trend. Listen…
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