Researchers react to China’s two-child policy move
Researchers react to China’s two-child policy move
- October 30, 2015
- Wang Feng, sociology professor, is quoted by Science Oct. 30, 2015
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From Science:
The policy shift may have a “modest effect in the short term” on the birth rate, says
Wang Feng, a demographer at the University of California, Irvine. But its long-term
impact on population trends like aging will be “mostly unnoticeable,” he predicts.
For the full story, please visit http://news.sciencemag.org/asiapacific/2015/10/researchers-react-china-s-two-child-policy-move.
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