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It is interesting to contrast the decline in fertility rates in China and India. Would China have had a similar dropoff if not for the One Child policy? Will
by EdgarVerona 9y ago
It is interesting to contrast the decline in fertility rates in China and India. Would China have had a similar dropoff if not for the One Child policy? Will we see the number increase again given enough time after the 2013 easing of that policy? I'd be curious to see these numbers again ten years from now.
- toyg 9y agoIt’s unlikely that numbers will change dramatically in China. They have dramatically eroded their agrarian culture, which is the main demographic engine pretty much anywhere. It is unlikely that well-paid industrial workers and urban professionals will start cranking out children above and beyond replacement rates.
- tonyedgecombe 9y agoI'm sure I remember reading that fertility rates had already declined significantly before the one child policy was introduced.
- telotortium 9y agoIndeed -- you just need to take a look at the graph in the original article for further confirmation (the one-child policy was instituted in 1978, and fertility rate was in definite decline by that point).