China's One-Child Policy and the Empowerment of Urban Daughters

The One Child Policy and Family Formation in Urban China The One Child Policy and Family Formation in Urban China

The Chinese government implemented the One Child Policy in an attempt to stave off population explosion and its potential negative economic consequences on their infant economy in 1979. This article examines the consequences of this policy on marital matching and family size decisions. Using a simple General Equilibrium model, we show how by constraining marital output on the quantity of childr...

The one child family policy.

China's One-Child Policy

In September 1979, China?s Fifth National People?s Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), campaigns were initiated to implement the One-Child Policy nationwide. This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. These campaigns priori...

China's One-Child Policy

In September 1979, China?s Fifth National People?s Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), campaigns were initiated to implement the One-Child Policy nationwide. This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. These campaigns priori...

China's One-Child Policy

In September 1979, China?s Fifth National People?s Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), campaigns were initiated to implement the One-Child Policy nationwide. This initiative constituted the most massive governmental attempt to control human fertility and reproduction in human history. These campaigns priori...