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Is Demography Just a Numerical Exercise? Numbers, Politics, and Legacies of China’s One-Child Policy

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  • Feng Wang

    (University of California
    Fudan University)

  • Yong Cai

    (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

  • Ke Shen

    (Fudan University)

  • Stuart Gietel-Basten

    (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)

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  • Feng Wang & Yong Cai & Ke Shen & Stuart Gietel-Basten, 2018. "Is Demography Just a Numerical Exercise? Numbers, Politics, and Legacies of China’s One-Child Policy," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 55(2), pages 693-719, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:demogr:v:55:y:2018:i:2:d:10.1007_s13524-018-0658-7
    DOI: 10.1007/s13524-018-0658-7
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