Born to Win: Reproductive Health Policy and Urban Education Returns in China

Frontiers in Public Health

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Qing Gao¹  Xiu-Xiu Ren³  Wei-Lan Yan³  Ai-Hua Wang⁴  Wei-Hua Zhang⁵ 

[1] Key Laboratory of Environment Change and Resources Use in Beibu Gulf Ministry of Education, Nanning Normal University;Graduate School, Nanning Normal University;College of Economics and Management, Nanning Normal University;School of International Economics and Trade, Guangxi University of Foreign Languages;School of Economics, Guangxi University;Guangxi Development and Reform Commission

关键词: born to win;    residents' reproductive health policy;    regression discontinuity model;    return on education;    intermediary effect;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpubh.2022.807794

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study explores the relationship between China's reproductive health policy and the rate of return on urban education by using fixed-effect, mediating-effect, and breakpoint regression models. The authors study the impact of China's reproductive health policy on individual years of education, income, return on education, the impact of reproductive health policy on population health, and overall human development. The empirical results show that the implementation of China's reproductive health policy can improve the rate of return on urban education and increase the average length of education of urban residents by 0.29 years. Under the breakpoint regression model, the educational return rate of urban residents is approximately 12.2% higher than the ordinary least squares (OLS) estimate. China's reproductive health policy has significantly promoted the return rate of residents' education and simultaneously effectively promoted the income of urban residents. With the development of the economy, the government should properly adjust reproductive health policies and improve the population health rate so that the adjustment of reproductive health policies can comprehensively promote the health of residents of all ages. The overall relaxation of family restrictions on children's human capital investment will likely reduce the negative impact of the overall relaxation of family planning, not only improving the health of the population but also contributing to sustainable economic development.

【 授权许可】

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