The end of one child per family in China?
Collection: Population & Societies
n°535, July 2016
Abstract
New Chinese policy currently allows couples to have two children. It was introduced in the hope that it would slow population ageing and reduce the skewed sex ratio at birth. It is too soon for its effects on fertility to be measured. But the sharply higher cost of living and insecurity in the labour market, especially for women, are disincentives for most eligible couples to have a second child.