China's two-child policy isn't the answer to its ageing population problem
- Written by Jane Golley, Researcher, ANU College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University
China’s two-child policy could contribute to higher rates of GDP growth (with a modest increase in domestic consumption) and it would reduce the proportion of the aged in China in the decades ahead, our research shows. But these impacts would be small — less than 0.5% per year of GDP growth and a reduction in aged dependency of 0.03...