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... policies: Recent reforms and future prospects . Studies in Family Planning , 45 , 493 – 509 . 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00003.x Basten S. , & Jiang Q. ( 2015 ). Fertility in China: An uncertain future . Population Studies , 69 ( Suppl. 1 ), S97 – S105 . 10.1080...

...Junhong Chu; Haoming Liu; I. P. L. Png Abstract We exploit China’s heating policy to investigate how nonlabor income affects marriage. From the mid-1950s, the policy gave substantial subsidies to urban residents north of the Huai River. Applying geographic regression discontinuity, we find...

...Grant Miller; Christine Valente Abstract A longstanding debate exists in population policy about the relationship between modern contraception and abortion. Although theory predicts that they should be substitutes, the empirical evidence is difficult to interpret. What is required is a large-scale...

... the early 2000s. To understand this growth, we construct a series of two-year panels from the 1981–2013 waves of the Current Population Survey Annual Social and Economic Supplement to estimate the effect of state labor-market conditions, federal and state transfer program policy choices, and household...

... countries, supplemented with data on national social expenditure for different family policy programs. The latter allow approximation of the subsidies that households with children receive from such programs. The results show that increased expenditure on family policy programs that help women to combine...

...Jason D. Boardman; Casey L. Blalock; Fred C. Pampel; Peter K. Hatemi; Andrew C. Heath; Lindon J. Eaves Abstract In this article, we explore the effect of public policy on the extent to which genes influence smoking desistance. Using a sample of adult twins ( n mz = 363, n dz = 233) from a large...

...Hongbin Li; Junjian Yi; Junsen Zhang Abstract In China, the male-biased sex ratio has increased significantly. Because the one-child policy applies only to the Han Chinese but not to minorities, this unique affirmative policy allows us to identify the causal effect of the one-child policy...

...M. Giovanna Merli; Herbert L. Smith Abstract Has China’s strict one-child policy been successful in changing fertility preferences? Using linked data from surveys conducted in four counties of northern China in 1991 and 1994, we compare reproductive behavior against prior fertility preferences...

...Alice Goldstein; Michael White; Sidney Goldstein Abstract Despite China s one-child family planning policy, the nation experienced a slight rise in the birth rate in the mid-1980s. Many observers attributed this rise to the heightened fertility of those rural-to-urban migrants who moved without...

...Rosemary Santana Cooney; Jiali Li Abstract This research analyzes how type of household registration, which reflects the degree of government control, affects compliance with China’s “one child” policy for women at risk during the first decade of implementation. Although socioeconomic and cultural...

...Magnus Lofstrom; Frank D. Bean Abstract Researchers infrequently have focused on assessing the degree to which the changes in welfare policy legislated during the 1990s have affected immigrants’ receipt of welfare. Using data from the March Current Population Survey, we analyze the contribution...

... Approach to Development Policy . Baltimore, MD : Johns Hopkins University Press . Edin K. ( 1995 ). Single Mothers and Child Support: The Possibilities and Limits of Child-Support Policy . Children and Youth Services Review , 17 ( 1–2 ), 203 – 30 . 10.1016/0190-7409(95)00009-2 Folk...

... that transcend childbearing itself. Previous studies have examined the impact of health-induced fertility suppression, but a gap remains in understanding how policy-induced fertility restrictions affect marital satisfaction. This study employs a nationally representative sample to examine whether Chinese couples...

...William J. Kelly 8 2 2011 © Population Association of America 1974 1974 Population Size Populous Side Population Policy Populous Country Military Action References Heckscher Eli F. ( 1935 ). Mercantilism; translated by Mendel Shapiro. Vols. I and II . London...

...Gerry E. Hendershot Abstract A causal model. relating population size, economic development, military power and antinatal population policy is tested using data from 83 developing nations. The statistical findings are interpreted as supporting two hypotheses: (1) population size is a major...

...Shun Gong; Senhu Wang Abstract Despite extensively examining the effects of family policies on marriage and fertility rates, previous research has paid little attention to the process of policy implementation and has implicitly assumed that individuals are fully aware of the policy information when...

... of national origin differences. As immigration becomes increasingly central to public debates, research that highlights the social dynamics underlying migrants' demographic behavior is becoming even more critical for informing public opinions and improving policy making ( Massey and Pren 2012 ). Fertility...

...Marigee Bacolod; Jennifer A. Heissel; Laura Laurita; Matthew Molloy; Ryan Sullivan Abstract This study exploits changes in paid maternity leave offered by one of the United States’ largest employers, the Department of Defense, to estimate the effect of such policies on mothers' leave-taking. Since...