【Economist】Population policy: Gilding the cradle

中文导读从施行独生子女政策到全面开放二胎，人口政策变迁的背后反映的正是中国人口结构的变化。过去，人口膨胀成为中国经济发展的负担，于是政府推行计划生育，严格限制人口规模。可现如今，人口老龄化加剧，不仅给社会保障体系造成了巨大的压力，还影响了劳动力市场的发展。为了鼓励生育，政府采取了一系列措施，但效果并不显著，人们的生育欲望仍旧呈现低迷状态。China’s one-child policy was illiberal and unnecessary. Will its efforts to boost births be more enlightened? WHEN Li Dongxia was a baby, her parents sent her to be raised by her grandparents and other family members half an hour from their home in the northern Chinese province of Shandong. That was not a choice but a necessity: they already had a daughter, and risked in ………………………………