Based on an intensive fieldwork in a southern Hebei village in northern China (1992/3), the author takes an institutional approach and focuses on the way deliberate Chinese state policies driven by new economic and social agendas since the late 1970s have impacted on marriage, family relations...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Tables, Figures, and Appendices -- Series Foreword -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Population Statistics -- 2. Fertility Levels, Differentials, and Trends -- 3. Age at First Birth -- 4. An Examination of Recent Census and Survey...

Intro -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- CESifo Book Series in Economic Policy -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Demography -- 2 Public Support for the Old -- 3 Public Support for Families and Children -- 4 Child-Related Elements in Public Pension Schemes -- 5 Life-cycle...

The fertility of women of Mexican origin: a social constructionist approach -- The twin problems of overpopulation and immigration in 1970s California -- "They breed like rabbits": the forced sterilization of Mexican-origin women -- "More than a hint of extraordinary fertility...": social...