China's private tutoring ban increased expected total fertility by ~8% in areas where the policy was strongly enforced (from 1.61 to 1.73 children per family).
The following factors explained 43% of the variation: Reduced perceived educational competition between parents; reduced financial and time expenditure; improved parental health and parent-child relationships.
The effect on fertility intention was significantly smaller for mothers (0.03) than fathers (0.13), and for those who spent less time/money on education/tutoring before the ban. It was also slightly smaller for those with a bachelor's degree or above.
A very Asiatic way to increase birth rates, but at least we can extrapolate:
Reduce parental stress + increase resource/time availability = more babies (driven by male fertility intention).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf096
The following factors explained 43% of the variation: Reduced perceived educational competition between parents; reduced financial and time expenditure; improved parental health and parent-child relationships.
The effect on fertility intention was significantly smaller for mothers (0.03) than fathers (0.13), and for those who spent less time/money on education/tutoring before the ban. It was also slightly smaller for those with a bachelor's degree or above.
A very Asiatic way to increase birth rates, but at least we can extrapolate:
Reduce parental stress + increase resource/time availability = more babies (driven by male fertility intention).
https://doi.org/10.1093/ej/ueaf096