Classic feminist theories have long emphasized high fertility as the main cause of gender inequality and predict that a significant reduction in fertility would lead to reduced gender inequality.In this project,we inv...Classic feminist theories have long emphasized high fertility as the main cause of gender inequality and predict that a significant reduction in fertility would lead to reduced gender inequality.In this project,we investigate whether the one-child pol-icy accelerated gender equality in China.We measure gender inequality by Gender Development Index(GDI),Gender Inequality Index(GII),maternal mortality ratio,and infant mortality rate at the national level from China and five populous middle-income countries in an analysis of difference in differences(DiD).A cross-country DiD sets up a framework in which China with the treatment of the one-child policy could be compared with the control countries without the treatment of the policy.Our analysis shows that China lowered GII by additional 20%,maternal mortality ratio by additional 10%and infant mortality rate by additional 6%relative to the five comparison countries during the period of the one-child policy.展开更多
文摘Classic feminist theories have long emphasized high fertility as the main cause of gender inequality and predict that a significant reduction in fertility would lead to reduced gender inequality.In this project,we investigate whether the one-child pol-icy accelerated gender equality in China.We measure gender inequality by Gender Development Index(GDI),Gender Inequality Index(GII),maternal mortality ratio,and infant mortality rate at the national level from China and five populous middle-income countries in an analysis of difference in differences(DiD).A cross-country DiD sets up a framework in which China with the treatment of the one-child policy could be compared with the control countries without the treatment of the policy.Our analysis shows that China lowered GII by additional 20%,maternal mortality ratio by additional 10%and infant mortality rate by additional 6%relative to the five comparison countries during the period of the one-child policy.
