The impact of China's One-Child Policy on economic preferences: A regression discontinuity design

Xiaomeng Zhang () and Wei Wang ()
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Xiaomeng Zhang: Economics Experimental Lab, Nanjing Audit University
Wei Wang: Business School, Ningbo University

Economics Bulletin, 2021, vol. 41, issue 4, 2300-2308

Abstract: In 1979, China's government adapted the One-Child Policy (OCP), a radical approach to limiting population growth. The One-Child Policy can be regarded as a natural experiment, which allows investigation of whether being a single child in the family changes individuals' economic preferences. Using the Global Preference Survey and employing a regression discontinuity design, I found that OCP significantly changed people's risk preferences, and social preferences, which will reshape Chinese society and economy.

Keywords: One-Child Policy; Economics preferences; RD design (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D7 J1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-12-29
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