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Wei Huang

National University of Singapore, Singapore, and IZA, Germany

The one child policy is one of the most important public policies in recent China. It affected millions of people. Although there are some studies, we still have limited understanding about the one child policy. Therefore, I am really excited to participate this project to give a short description about the policy.

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Author

Current position

Assistant Professor at National University of Singapore, Singapore

Research interest

Health, education, ethnicity, China

Website

https://scholar.harvard.edu/weihuang

Past positions

Post-Doctoral Fellow, National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), USA

Qualifications

PhD Economics, Harvard University, 2016

Selected publications

  • "One-child policy and the rise of man-made twins." Review of Economics and Statistics 98:3 (2016): 467–476 (with X. Lei and Y. Zhao).

  • "Collaborating with people like me: Ethnic co-authorship within the US.” Journal of Labor Economics 33:3 (2015): S289–S318 (with R. B. Freeman).

  • “Do ABCs get more citations than XYZs?” Economic Inquiry 53:1 (2015): 773–789.

  • “When does education matter? The protective effect of education for cohorts graduating in bad times.” Social Science & Medicine 127:C (2015): 63–73 (with D. M. Cutler and A. Lleras-Muney).

  • “Collaboration: Strength in diversity.” Nature 513:7518 (2014): 305–305 (with R. B. Freeman).

article(s)

  • How does the one child policy impact social and economic outcomes?

    A strict policy on fertility affects every aspect of economic life

    Wei Huang, September 2017
    The 20th century witnessed the birth of modern family planning and its effects on the fertility of hundreds of millions of couples around the world. In 1979, China formally initiated one of the world’s strictest family planning programs—the “one child policy.” Despite its obvious significance, the policy has been significantly understudied. Data limitations and a lack of detailed documentation have hindered researchers. However, it appears clear that the policy has affected China’s economy and society in ways that extend well beyond its fertility rate.
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