Benefit-cost analysis of family planning

Blumstein, Alfred; Cassidy, R. Gordon

doi:10.1016/0038-0121(73)90054-2

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“…The work by Blumstein andCassidy (1973, see also Robinson 1975) can be utilized here to demonstrate a fundamental problem of cost-benefit analysis if applied in the area of population policy. They presented a stochastic model designed to estimate »the expected social costs with and without a family plan ning program provided to a population» (ibid., 151).…”

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Difficulties in assessing pro-natalist population policy programs

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1980

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In 1960 a commission headed by Professor Richard M. Titmuss submitted a blueprint of social policy for the consideration of the government o f Mauritius -then a self-governing British crown colony. The proposals which covered the whole field of social security, health and welfare were dominated by the explicit purpose of slowing down the excessive rate of population growth in the island (see Titmuss & Abel-Smith 1968). Therefore, as was reported, the members of the commission hesitated whether or not to include a family allowance scheme among their suggestions. Their enquiries had shown that there were family needs which obviously could not be met without family assistance. On the other hand, however, they felt that the introduction of such measures could violate the objectives of their program by contributing to the persistence of high level fertility. The report made the following comment (ibid., p.

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Section: The Under-developed Evaluation Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%