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It seems this will change very little especially in expensive urban areas: "People are held back not by the two-children limit, but by the incredibly high cost
by 1cvmask 5y ago
It seems this will change very little especially in expensive urban areas:
"People are held back not by the two-children limit, but by the incredibly high costs of raising children in today's China. Housing, extracurricular activities, food, trips, and everything else add up quickly," Yifei Li, a sociologist at NYU Shanghai, told Reuters.
"Raising the limit itself is unlikely to tilt anyone's calculus in a meaningful way, in my view."
- LatteLazy 5y agoI don't disagree but it's worth noting the main way people have more kids is to pay a "fine" for the extras. So removing that fine will encourage at least some margin cases to have that extra baby.
- thaumasiotes 5y agoDepends on the people; I was under the impression that another strategy is to not worry about whether the extra kid gets a hukou.
- Pet_Ant 5y agoTIL: > Hukou: A household registration record officially identifies a person as a permanent resident of an area and includes identifying information such as name, parents, spouse and date of birth. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou
- toomuchtodo 5y agoI don’t believe so. There is already a male:female gender imbalance in the Chinese dating marketplace. With the rapid inflation in real estate assets, and the requirement that a man have property before a woman will view him as a worthy suitor, I don’t believe this policy will move the needle at all. https://youtu.be/jDIhTc6CJYY https://youtu.be/jDIhTc6CJYY https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/china-real-estate-research-policy/mainland-couples-marry-later-as-home-ownership-customs-delay-weddings/ https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/china-real-estate-res... https://voxdev.org/topic/macroeconomics-growth/relationship-between-chinese-housing-and-marriage-markets https://voxdev.org/topic/macroeconomics-growth/relationship-...