One-child policy

The one-child policy was part of a broad program designed to control the size of the rapidly growing population of the People's Republic of China. Distinct from the family planning policies of most other countries, which focus on providing contraceptive options to help women have the number of children they want, it set a limit on the number of births parents could have, making it the world's most extreme example of population planning. One-child families were first encouraged in some areas in 1978 by Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, although strict enforcements did not begin until 1980 (after a decade-long two-child …

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Policy Horizons Canada · 25 February 2014 English

trying to move into the middle class. [...] In China, even with the recent relaxation of the one-child policy, many millions of workers will be eagerly seeking ways to lessen the burden of being the sole

China, even with the recent relaxation of the one-child policy, many millions of workers will be eagerly


SSHRC: Program for Research on Social and Economic Dimensions of an Aging Population, McMaster University · 28 January 2009 English

rural areas than in urban areas. [...] Initially, as the fertility rate fell because of the “one child” policy, the proportion of the labour force increased and will continue to do so in the near future

2007). One demographic consequence of the “one child” policy is that China has become one of the most declined to a low level because of the “one child” policy which has been carried out since the late the fertility rate fell because of the “one child” policy, the proportion of the labour force increased population ageing, which are affected by “one child” policy, increasing


CIDP: Centre for International and Defense Policy · 2 February 2012 English

Whether the introduction of Canada’s first comprehensive anti-terrorism legislation, the development of a Smart Border Agenda with the United States, the creation of CATSA, budget increases and operational upgrades for …

conflict abroad. Notes 1. The effects of China’s one-child policy on median age notwithstanding, in 2008 the


Wilson Center Canada · 15 September 2009 English

Chita in 2006. [...] The shift in the configuration of the age pyramid as the full impact of the one-child policy is felt means that the burden on China’s working-age population will, by the 2030s, become the

been to limit population size through the one-child policy. There is no evidence of a national program own demographic crisis, stemming from the one-child policy, which is likely to limit emigration in the the age pyramid as the full impact of the one-child policy is felt means that the burden on China’s working-age gender imbalance, also exacerbated by the one-child policy, adds to the complications. For affluent Chinese


Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy · 20 September 2018 English

3 Braden Kenny (Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto; University of Toronto Alum: Global Health and Equity Studies) Terra Morel (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of …

BETWEEN LGBTQ YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IN POST-ONE-CHILD-POLICY CHINA This project looks into the intergenerational between the child and their parents in post-one- child-policy families. Ben Sprenger (Faculty of Applied


The Mowat Centre · 20 September 2018 English

4 Braden Kenny (Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto; University of Toronto Alum: Global Health and Equity Studies) Terra Morel (Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of …

BETWEEN LGBTQ YOUTH AND THEIR FAMILIES IN POST-ONE-CHILD-POLICY CHINA This project looks into the intergenerational between the child and their parents in post-one- child-policy families. Ben Sprenger (Faculty of Applied


APF: Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada · 2 March 2023 English

MARCH 2, 2023 INSIGHT: GREATER CHINA As health coverage withers, China’s pensioners take to the streets in protest THE TAKEAWAY funding for pooled municipal funds, and incentivize visits to primary …

retire between 50 and 60 depending on their the one-child policy made China’s population age gender and occupation


University of Ottawa Department of Economics · 27 March 2009 English

As capital is projected to become a relatively abundant factor, the price of capital and therefore its rate of return are projected to fall, possibly leading to an asset meltdown …

the demographic shock in China due to the one-child policy starts to kick off, the supply of labour falls consumption per capita. Indeed, the timing of the one-child policy makes the Chinese economy both a (still) 23 parents and children, and the burden of the one-child policy of China on this intergenerational link is rest of the world do not face the Chinese one-child policy challenge and are therefore expected to remain


desLibris · 8 September 2016 English

“With growing disposable incomes, Chinese consumers are seeking products that offer convenience. Packaged food sales continue to grow steadily, and are expected to reach a value of US$350.5 billion by …

to the Chinese government’s switch from a one-child policy to a two-child policy in October 2015. This


Bank of Canada · 5 March 2008 English

Given the avowed reluctance of the Chinese authorities to let the yuan appreciate relative to the U. S. dollar, and the weakness of the U. S. dollar in recent years …

youth- dependency ratio in the wake of the one-child policy. 4 – Japanese, American, and European take account of the high growth rate and the one-child policy. Blanchard and Giavazzi argue, however, that


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