 The long-term consequences of China's “Later, Longer, Fewer” campaign in old ageYi Chen and Hanming Fang Journal of Development Economics, 2021, vol. 151, issue C Abstract: We examine how China's “Later, Longer, Fewer” (LLF) policies in the early 1970s affect the quality of life of the Chinese elderly forty years later. We identify the causal impact of the LLF policies by exploiting the provincial heterogeneity in policy implementation. We find that the LLF policies reduced the total fertility rate by 1.57 from 1969 to 1978, explaining about half of the decline in fertility during this period. Parents do not receive fewer financial support as a consequence, but they have fewer children living close by and receive fewer contacts and visits from children. We find that the impacts of the family planning policies on elderly parents' physical and mental well-being are drastically different: parents more exposed to family planning policies do not suffer from worse physical health status, but report more severe depression symptoms. Keywords: “Later, Longer, Fewer” campaign; Family planning; Mental health; Physical health (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:deveco:v:151:y:2021:i:c:s0304387821000432 DOI: 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2021.102664 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Development Economics is currently edited by M. R. Rosenzweig More articles in Journal of Development Economics from Elsevier |
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