The Dual Demands
Gender Equity and Fertility Intentions after the One-Child Policy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12421981 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yun Zhou (0000-0002-3396-5867, Brown University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 117 |
| Pages | 367-384 |
| Publication date | 2018-11-05 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Contemporary China (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1067-0564 • E-ISSN: 1469-9400 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10670564.2018.1542219 |
| PMID | 31440018 |
| OpenAlex | W2900030434 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 40 |
This article investigates fertility intentions and obstacles among young Chinese men and women after the lift of the one-child policy. Over a hundred in-depth interviews reveal that while having one child is viewed as the normative step following marriage, various obstacles remain for second-birth transition. Time and financial concerns are salient among both men and women, whereas labor market disadvantage and the perceived incompatibility between work and motherhood create additional hindrances for women. The gendered childcare leave policy, coupled with discriminatory hiring practice, leads women to view multiple childbirths and successful career as fundamentally incompatible. A universal 'two-child policy' without additional institutional measures that address work-life incompatibility for women may not successfully boost fertility level, but would rather exacerbate the existing gender inequity in China's labor market
Art · Demographic economics · Dual (grammatical number · Economic growth · Economics · Equity (law · Fertility · Gender equality · Gender equity · Labour economics · Political science · Sociology · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Studies · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Law · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 5.71 |
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| Citation span | 2019 - 2026 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |