We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate … to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010-2020), we compare the …

This article uses China's family planning policies to quantify and explain spillovers in fertility decisions. We test … whether ethnic minorities decreased their fertility in response to the policies, although only the majority ethnic group, the …-specific fertility levels to construct a measure of the negative shock to Han fertility. Combining this measure with variation in the …

Whether China's low fertility rate is the consequence of the country's strict population control policy is a puzzling … question. This paper attempts to disentangle the Chinese population control policy's impacts on the fertility rate from … population control policy significantly decreased China's birth rate after the "Later, Longer, and Fewer" policy came into force …

There have been significant changes in both the fertility rates and fertility perception since 1970s. In this paper, we … examine the relationship between government policies towards fertility and the fertility trends. Total fertility rate, defined … as the number of children per woman, is used as the main fertility trend variable. We use panel data from the United …

We analyse various pathways through which access to electricity affects fertility, using a pseudo-panel of Indonesian … results suggest that the subsequent effects on fertility account for about 18 to 24 percent of the overall decline in the … fertility rate, depending on the specification. A key channel through which electrification affects fertility is increased …

High-income countries have generally experienced falling fertility in recent decades. In most of these countries, the … total fertility rate is now below the level that implies a stable population in the long run. This has led to concerns among … economists, policymakers, and the wider public about the economic consequences of low fertility and population decline. In this …

local Chinese governments on different dates. Using China's 2015 population census combined with a difference … of the policy is more pronounced among couples who have higher fertility preferences and who are less sensitive to child …

This study documents increased intergenerational support for elderly parents in China among adults who were exposed to … the "Later, Longer, Fewer" (LLF) family planning campaign in the 1970s. Using the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal … Study, we identify adults of childbearing age whose fertility was reduced. We find LLF exposure increases the likelihood of …

structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under … the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility influenced by the implementation of population control policies are … investigated in the context of household saving decisions in China. -- household saving ; one-child policy ; demographic structure …