China's Low Fertility and the Impacts of the Two-Child Policy

By: Wei Chen

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Synopsis: This book examines China’s fertility transition over the past seven decades and explores the socioeconomic impacts of the two-child policy. The first half of the book highlights the characteristics of China’s low fertility and the risk of falling to an ultra-low state, aiming to answer the question: How China’s fertility is changing and evolving? How common is China’s fertility? What are the demographic structure, driving forces and institutional characteristics of China’s low fertility? The second half models the impacts of the two-child policy on China’s population trends and demands for women, infant and child health services, education resources for preschool, compulsive education, and medical and health expenditure, addressing the questions of how the two-child policy affects fertility behaviours of Chinese women, particularly the second-child fertility? How would the two-child policy impact China’s future population trends, particularly labour supply and population ageing? What are the consequences for obstetrics and gynaecological services, paediatrics and childcare services; and for school capacity and demand for teachers over compulsory education? The book will be an essential read to students and scholars of Chinese studies, population and demography studies, and those interested in contemporary China.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781000930238
Related ISBNs:: 9781032552354, 9781032552316, 9781003429661
Publisher:: Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:: 08/18/23
Copyrighted By:: Wei Chen
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Social Studies, Mathematics and Statistics, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.