China's Low Fertility and the Impacts of the Two-Child Policy

<p>This book examines China’s fertility transition over the past seven decades and explores the socioeconomic impacts of the two-child policy.</p><p>The first half of this book highlights the characteristics of China’s low fertility and the risk of falling to an ultra-low state aiming to answer the question: <i>How China’s fertility is changing and evolving? How low is China’s fertility? What are the demographic structure driving forces and institutional characteristics of China’s low fertility? </i>The second half models the impacts of the two-child policy on China’s population trends and demands for women infant and child health services and education resources for preschool compulsive education addressing the questions of <i>how the two-child policy affects fertility behaviours of Chinese women particularly the second-child fertility? How would the two-child policy impact China’s future population trends particularly labour supply and population aging? What are the consequences for obstetrics and gynaecological services paediatrics and childcare services; and for school capacity and demand for teachers over compulsory education?</i></p><p>The book will be an essential read for students and scholars of Chinese studies population and demography studies and those interested in contemporary China.</p>