Research
How career stakes shaped China's one-child policy enforcement
Phys.org ·
The Brief
- China's one-child policy is widely considered one of the most stringent public policies in modern history.
- Researchers have long debated how much the policy actually contributed to the country's dramatic fertility decline.
- The story reports on how career stakes shaped how the policy was enforced.
Why it matters
It examines how local officials' incentives affected enforcement, which bears on how researchers should interpret the policy's role in China's fertility decline.
Who’s affected
- demographers and social scientists
- policy researchers
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- #one-child policy
- #fertility
- #population policy
- #public policy
China's one-child policy is widely considered one of the most stringent public policies in modern history. Yet researchers have long debated how much it actually contributed to the country's dramatic fertility decline.