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Income, Social Security And Chinese Families’ “Two-Child” Decisions: Evidence From Urban Residents’ Fertility Intentions

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  • ZHANGSHENG LIU

    (College of City Construction, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang 330022, P. R. China)

  • YUANYUAN GONG

    (#x2020;School of Economics, Henan University of Economics and Law, Zhengzhou 450046, P. R. China)

Abstract

The increase in income, the improvement of social security and the decline in the desire for fertility in urban residents have been extremely important social and economic phenomena in China over the past three decades. However, there have been few studies of China’s situations because of the use of long-term birth control. An analysis based on the framework of lifetime utility maximization for individuals indicated that income and social security have substitution effects on the number of births. This study conducts an empirical analysis with data extracted from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS). The results show that an increase in income lowers the willingness for fertility, and the endowment insurance system with subsidies lowers beneficiaries’ fertility intentions. Similarly, an increase in income and the improvement of social security decrease urban residents’ “two-child” fertility intentions significantly. Thus, although the steady growth of the economy and the continuous improvement of the social security system have provided the opportunity to relax China’s population policies, the substitution effect of income and social security on fertility intentions also needs to be considered.

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  • Zhangsheng Liu & Yuanyuan Gong, 2020. "Income, Social Security And Chinese Families’ “Two-Child” Decisions: Evidence From Urban Residents’ Fertility Intentions," The Singapore Economic Review (SER), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 65(06), pages 1773-1796, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:serxxx:v:65:y:2020:i:06:n:s0217590820500101
    DOI: 10.1142/S0217590820500101
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    Cited by:

    1. Wei Wang & Luyao Liang & Jing Luo & Hui Li & Jing Tang, 2022. "Early Childhood Teachers’ Fertility Willingness under China’s ‘Third-Child’ Policy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(16), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Pengcheng Liu & Jingjing Cao & Wenjie Nie & Xiaojie Wang & Yani Tian & Cheng Ma, 2021. "The Influence of Internet Usage Frequency on Women’s Fertility Intentions—The Mediating Effects of Gender Role Attitudes," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 18(9), pages 1-11, April.
    3. Qiang He & Xin Deng & Chuan Li & Zhongcheng Yan & Yanbin Qi, 2022. "The Impact of Rural Population Mobility on Fertility Intention under the Comprehensive Two-Child Policy: Evidence from Rural China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(12), pages 1-17, June.

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