Introduction to the special collection on life course decisions of families in China

Bing Xu, William A.V. Clark, Eric Fong and Li Gan ()
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Bing Xu: Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
William A.V. Clark: University of California, Los Angeles
Eric Fong: University of Hong Kong

Demographic Research, 2020, vol. 43, issue 5, 129-142

Abstract: Background: The economic reforms of the last thirty years have produced a dramatic improvement in the standard of living in China. However, the concurrent social transformation has also created both stresses and challenges for Chinese families. While researchers have paid considerable attention to the headline demographic statistics accompanying these economic and social transformations, the nuanced ways in which Chinese society has changed and continues to change since the reforms are less understood. Contribution: This special collection uses the life course framework, which has emerged as an important organizing concept within demographic studies, to examine constancy and change in Chinese society since the reforms of the late 1990s. By framing life events as the result of decisions that are influenced by and sometimes are direct responses to China’s modernization, and investigating how these decisions collectively affect and reshape Chinese society, the papers in this collection provide a rich way of interpreting and understanding demographic changes in China.

Keywords: life course; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J1 Z0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2020.43.5

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