- WHEN: Saturday, January 17, 4:00PM
- WHERE: Norman P. Murray Senior Center 24932 Veteran's Way Mission Viejo, CA
Please join us as Dr. Wang Feng, a professor at UC Irvine, shares his research into the incredible complexity of China's controversial one-child policy.
Wang Feng has been studying the policy for more than a decade, and his was the first systematic examination of China's singular approach to human fertility and economic growth.
China's average mandated fertility rate: 1.47 children per couple. China's actual fertility rate: about 1.5 children per couple, Wang Feng and his collaborators found. "Such convergence between policy and reality is extraordinary, even for China," he said. "With the birth rate below replacement level, the country faces serious negative consequences in the long run if it fails to phase out the policy.
Wang Feng, a demographer, said this success is increasing the age of China's citizenry, shrinking its workforce, and a resulting in a disproportionate number of males to females.
The talk will be free, and child care will be provided for a fee.
Please indicate in your RSVP how many children you have, and how old they are.
The policy has touched all our lives. Please come! Dr. Wang Feng is donating his time to us, and we'd like to have a full house for him. We'll have some snacks and refreshments as well.
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