TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Lin, Siyuan
AU  - Argys, Laura M.
AU  - Averett, Susan L.
        TI  - Exposure to the One-Child Policy and Fertility among Chinese Immigrants to the US
        PY  - 2023/Jul/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 16329
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp16329
        AB  - 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.
        KW  - fertility
KW  - one-child policy
KW  - immigrants
KW  - China
        ER  -