Running Head: ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 1
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY 4
Prince Mohamad Bin Fahd University
Summer 2020
Writing and Research 103
Assignment #2. Annotated Bibliography
By
Saud Alqahtani : ID 201901709
Carlsson, Fredrik, et al. “Long-run effects of family policies: An experimental study of the Chinese one-child policy.” (2018). 88-90
In this journal, detailed evidence on the experimental effects of the Chinese one-child policy on people’s lives more so the Chinese citizens and their behaviours and characteristics are outlined. The journal explains the evidence collected from three central provinces in China. Testimonies were obtained from the people born before the introduction of the policy and those who were born after the plan. The effects on the families are seen in instances where they were not barred from having children but reducing the number of children to one. Family planning among usage of other contraceptives is seen getting in the families. The impacts are seen in the families where they are not working as hard as they used to do before the introduction of OCP since they have the notion that they are feeding fewer people in the family as opposed to before the opening of the OCP. Having one child before 1979 was a family choice, but now it is a mandatory practice that is punishable from the government.
Donaldson, John B., et al. Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China’s one-child policy. No. w24256. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018. 61-63
John B. Donaldson explains the lessons from the Chinese after the introduction of the OCP in China. He goes on to explain that after the opening of the policy, the ratio between the capital and labor increased which is relatively compared to the case of India. The argument of this policy was that reduction of the number of children would help the families save more and be in a position to invest. The population decrease was aimed in the urban areas a factor that would also help solve the challenge of overcrowding and congestion. The reduction of the growth of the labor force led to increased capital per worker which was inherited from the earlier generations.
Goodkind, Daniel. “Formal comment on “Assessing the impact of the ‘one-child policy’ in China: A synthetic control approach”.” PloS one 14.11 (2019). 37-40
Goodkind in his work starts by telling us that in almost 50 years, the parents in China were faced with measures that didn’t make it favourable to have more than one child due to the hard economic times. He also asks for various opinions on how the population of China would have been had the policy of having one child not be implemented. He also explains the infertility cases have also been on the rise since the couples in China have opted to use various methods of family planning to avoid punishment from the government due to violation of the policy. He sums up by stating that the system has both advantages and disadvantages.
Hvistendahl, Mara. “Analysis of China’s one-child policy sparks uproar.” (2017): 283-284.
The author starts by saying that the introduction of the OCP has prevented the birth of over 400 million children who could have been born between the years 1980 -2016. This has been arrived at after comparing the rates in China and other countries. The information from the observation has raised uproars as people view it as a violation of human rights.
Kim, Sung Won, Kari-Elle Brown, and Vanessa L. Fong. “How flexible gender identities give young women advantages in China’s new economy.” Gender and Education 30.8 (2018): 982-1000.
The author starts by defining the OCP impacts on the gap between the male and the females. Couples were afraid of giving birth to females as they preferred to give birth to males. This has impacted the flexibility of young women in the current economy to encourage young women to take up roles in the marketplace. In earlier days, boys have educated more girls, but this has changed, promoting the young women by giving them positions in the economy
References
Carlsson, Fredrik, et al. “Long-run effects of family policies: An experimental study of the Chinese one-child policy.” (2018). 88-90
Donaldson, John B., et al. Demographics and FDI: Lessons from China’s one-child policy. No. w24256. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018. 61-63
Goodkind, Daniel. “Formal comment on “Assessing the impact of the ‘one-child policy’ in China: A synthetic control approach”.” PloS one 14.11 (2019). 37-40
Hvistendahl, Mara. “Analysis of China’s one-child policy sparks uproar.” (2017): 283-284.
Kim, Sung Won, Kari-Elle Brown, and Vanessa L. Fong. “How flexible gender identities give young women advantages in China’s new economy.” Gender and Education 30.8 (2018): 982-1000.
