@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp16329, author={Lin, Siyuan and Argys, Laura M. and Averett, Susan L.}, title={Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US}, year={2023}, month={Jul}, institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)}, address={Bonn}, type={IZA Discussion Paper}, number={16329}, url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16329}, abstract={We examine whether women exposed to China's one-child policy (OCP) change their fertility decisions when they migrate to a country without fertility restrictions. Using American Community Survey data (2010–2020), we compare the childbearing decisions of Chinese-born women with varying degrees of exposure before migrating to the US to each other and a control group of other Asian immigrants. We find that Chinese women aged 35-45 exposed to the OCP for a longer duration have significantly fewer children than women who were not exposed to the OCP. These findings are robust to several specification checks.}, keywords={fertility;one-child policy;immigrants;China}, }