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Re-examination of the Yicheng Two-Child Program.
- Source :
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China Journal . 2014, Issue 72, p98-120. 23p. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- In discussing the main forces shaping rapid fertility decline, current studies take the Yicheng two-child program as an example showing that the role of the birth-control policy in China's fall in fertility is not as strong as commonly thought. Based on a close examination of documentary evidence, this paper demonstrates that the Yicheng program is not vastly different from the national population-control effort with regard to the timing of marriage, the number of children and the childbearing interval. We argue that in Yicheng the two-child policy has done more to effect a demographic transition to low fertility than has socioeconomic development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *BIRTH control policy
*FERTILITY decline
*MARRIAGE
*DEMOGRAPHIC change
*BIRTH rate
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13249347
- Issue :
- 72
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- China Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 97063150
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/677059