Effects of selective two-child policy:A multi-level theoretical analysis
10.3969/j.issn.1674-2982.2014.09.006
- VernacularTitle:“单独二孩”的政策影响--一个多层次的理论分析
- Author:
Juhua YANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Selective two-child policy;
Macro-level consequences;
Household effects;
Individual effects
- From:
Chinese Journal of Health Policy
2014;(9):36-41
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the implementation of the selective two-child policy ( if one side of the partners is a single child, the couple is allowed to have a second child) across provinces, the consequences of the new policy have drawn a great deal of attention from the community. This paper attempts to interpret policy effects from macro, household, and individual perspectives. It is argued that the macro effects on population and the size of labor pool or its increase is trivial. At the household level, however, the policy may yield effect much larger than 1+1=2. Similarly, for in-dividual women, this policy may render them to face a dilemma: giving birth to another child or giving it up to a-chieve social mobility in the labor market. Although childbirth is a period event, it may, like domino, cause a series of events in the later life. Nevertheless, the consequences of the new policy for children are largely positive by allevi-ating their psychological and practical burden, and facilitating the formation of a healthy personality.
