China's One Child Policy Archives

Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender wage gap

An Update: China’s One, Two, Three Child Policy

About much more than babies, China’s shrinking birth rate reflects a slew of trade offs that created some problematic externalities.

Macroeconomic Measurement

6 Facts about China’s One, Two, Three-Child Policy

When we look at China’s child policies, changing from one to two to three, we see an impact on babies, boys, and the elderly.

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What Grandma Says About China’s One-Child Policy

Because of China’s one-child policy, an aging population of grandparents will wind up with fewer young people to take care of them.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and the impact of marriage

Economic Ideas

Marrying Up in China

“There is an opinion that A quality guys will find B quality women, B quality guys will find C quality women, and C quality men will find D quality women…The people left are A quality women and D quality men.” Huang Yuanyuan, commenting on marriage in China…