title: The End of China's One-Child Policy.
abstract: Starting on January 1, 2016, all Chinese couples are allowed to have two children. This marks the end of China's one-child policy, which has restricted the majority of Chinese families to only one child for the last 35 years. Yet, China's policy change came at least a decade later than it should have. The costly lessons to be learned are not only in politics and public policymaking, but also in how parts of the academic community informed and misinformed public policymaking.
authors.affiliation: Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Irvine.
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Feng
authors.affiliation: Professor of Demography at Renmin University of China.
authors.forename: Baochang
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Gu
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. caiyong@unc.edu.
authors.forename: Yong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Cai
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002681:China; D005191:Family Characteristics; D016656:Family Planning Policy; D005193:Family Planning Services; D005260:Female; D005298:Fertility; D006801:Humans; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011247:Pregnancy