China's Below-Replacement Fertility
Government Policy or Socioeconomic Development
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4790071 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yong Cai (0000-0001-5037-763X, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 419-440 |
| Publication date | 2010-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Population and Development Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0098-7921 • E-ISSN: 1728-4457 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2010.00341.x |
| PMID | 20882701 |
| OpenAlex | W2007926592 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 118 |
| References cited | 56 |
The article challenges the notion that below-replacement fertility and its local variation in China are primarily attributable to the government's birth planning policy. Data from the 2000 census and provincial statistical yearbooks are used to compare fertility in Jiangsu and Zhejiang, two of the most developed provinces in China, to examine the relationship between socioeconomic development and low fertility. The article demonstrates that although low fertility in China was achieved under the government's restrictive one-child policy, structural changes brought about by socioeconomic development and ideational shifts accompanying the new wave of globalization played a key role in China's fertility reduction
Census · China · Demographic economics · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Family planning · Family planning policy · Fertility · Geography · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Population · Research methodology · Socioeconomic development · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Total fertility rate · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
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| Unique citing works | 118 |
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| Citations per year | 7,87 |
| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | Yes |
| Citation types | Neutral: 109 |