The Effect of China's One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years

Thérèse Hesketh(University College London), Li Lu(Zhejiang Academy of Social Sciences), Zhu Xing(Zhejiang Normal University)
New England Journal of Medicine
September 14, 2005
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Abstract

In 1979, China implemented the one-child family policy, which restricts many couples to a single offspring. The authors describe the policy's success in slowing population growth as well as its adverse consequences, such as increasing the ratio of men to women.


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