China’s birthrate plunges to lowest level since 1949
China’s birthrate plunges to lowest level since 1949
- January 18, 2026
- Wang Feng, sociology, The New York Times, Jan. 18, 2026
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“The empirical evidence from other countries so far is that monetary incentives have almost no effect in raising fertility,” said Wang Feng, a professor of sociology at the University of California, Irvine. … With China’s economic woes, young people may want to wait and see, and that’s not good news for raising fertility.”
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