By What Means Can the Chinese Government Implement Policies to Aid in the Increase of Fertility Rate of Working Women?
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.223How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- China; Fertility; Policy Recommendations
- Abstract
China’s declining population results in a smaller future labor force and threatens the economy coupled with its aging population. To ameliorate this issue, this paper suggests that the Chinese government focus on mitigating the discrimination to female workers as well as providing more job security to workers taking parental leave to boost China’s fertility rate. This allows more flexibility regarding the division of responsibility of raising a child and reduces the negative impact pregnancy can have on a worker’s professional career, thus incentivizing him/her to have more children. To achieve these goals, the Chinese government should unify the disparity between paternal and maternal laws in China, use campaigns to promote a more open mindset and encourage the behavior of fathers contributing to the upbring of children, and mandate corporations to purchase parental insurances for all its workers by combining it with the basic medical insurance.
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- © 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Kai Lu PY - 2022 DA - 2022/01/28 TI - By What Means Can the Chinese Government Implement Policies to Aid in the Increase of Fertility Rate of Working Women? BT - Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Public Art and Human Development ( ICPAHD 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 1190 EP - 1194 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.220110.223 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.220110.223 ID - Lu2022 ER -