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The End of China's One‐Child Policy
Author(s) -
Feng Wang,
Gu Baochang,
Cai Yong
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
studies in family planning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.529
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1728-4465
pISSN - 0039-3665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2016.00052.x
Subject(s) - one child policy , china , politics , political science , public policy , economic growth , family planning policy , development economics , public administration , population , sociology , family planning , economics , research methodology , law , demography
Starting on January 1, 2016, all Chinese couples are allowed to have two children. This marks the end of China's one‐child policy, which has restricted the majority of Chinese families to only one child for the last 35 years. Yet, China's policy change came at least a decade later than it should have. The costly lessons to be learned are not only in politics and public policymaking, but also in how parts of the academic community informed and misinformed public policymaking.