Based on China's One Child Policy case (p. 147) analyze and forecast specific economic and societal results of this national policy and compare those findings with the nation NORWAY and analyze it. ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVES What Impact Has the Chinese Government's "One Child" Policy Had on Chinese Society? Beginning in 1979 the communist government of attract mates. Indeed, observers have attributed China formally adopted a "one child" family planning about 50 percent of the increase in China's saving policy. This policy officially restricted the number of rate over the past 25 years to its one-child policy. children married Chinese couples can have to one, This sharp increase in China's saving rate has helped although there are exceptions allowed for couples offset other Chinese governmental efforts to try outside urban areas (i.e., rural couples) or parents and boost consumption by Chinese consumers. without any siblings themselves. The goal of the pro- Less consumption by Chinese consumers means gram has been to help alleviate China's overpopula fewer exports to China by U.S. consumer product tion problem. While the program has achieved this companies like Coca-cola, Proctor & Gamble, and goal, it has also resulted in arguable "gendercide" Colgate Palmolive corporations, and fewer profits with Chinese couples regularly aborting and even (and U.S. jobs) for these companies. China's "bare killing female babies because of a strong cultural branch" approach to things has had a considerable preference for sons. In China today, the ratio of males worldwide macro-economic impact. born to females born is approximately 125 males to 100 females, far off from the "natural" order of things that approaches 1 to 1. Putting aside any ethical or moral issues involved with this, this Chinese policy has also had considerable economic impact. Because of China's skewed sex ratios, young Chinese men are finding it very difficult to get married. These rootless young men, known in China as "bare branches," are increasingly getting involved in criminal activities, leading to extra costs for hiring police. Moreover, China's ultra-competitive marriage market has led parents with single sons to save more Sources "Gendercide,"The Economist, March 6, 2010, p. 13:"The World money to help them with dowries and to otherwise wide War on Baby Girls" pp 77-80