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Family Planning Policy in China and the Gender Equality in Family and Labor Market

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  • Tang Ling

    (Lecturer, School of Marxism, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Shenzhen Technology University; Faculty of Education and Psychological Science, Yuncheng University, China)

  • Liu Yang

    (School of Economics, Shenzhen University, Science and Innovation Bureau, Guangming District, China)

Abstract

This article examines the effects of China’s Family Planning Policy (FPP) on the gender wealth gap and the division of housework within Chinese families. Initially, the study applies dependency theory to analyze the influence of the FPP on Chinese families. Firstly, we find that there was no significant gender wealth gap during the One-Child Policy (OCP) period, which indicates that the OCP indirectly reduced the economic dependence of Chinese women on their husbands by narrowing the gender wealth gap. Secondly, despite an increase in male participation in housework during the OCP, the dependency of males on females for housework and childcare remained unchanged. These factors exerted pressure on Chinese women and influenced their overall life satisfaction.

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Handle: RePEc:epw:develo:v:4:y:2024:i:3:id:15304
DOI: 10.24018/ejdevelop.2024.4.3.304
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