What Has Been the Consequence of China's "One-Child" Policy

question 150

Multiple Choice

What has been the consequence of China's "one-child" policy?

• A) The average total fertility rate has declined to 1.6.
• B) The number of baby boys far exceeds the number of baby girls.
• C) Gender-selective abortion has emerged and some families have abandoned healthy baby girls at birth.
• D) Some families have abandoned healthy baby girls at birth.
• E) Average total fertility rate has dropped to 1.6, but the number of baby boys far exceeds the number of baby girls because of gender-selective abortion and abandonment of healthy baby girls at birth.

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Definitions:

Producer Surplus

The difference between the amount producers are willing to supply a good for and the actual amount they receive when the good is sold.

Producer Surplus

The gap highlighting the difference between the initial asking price by sellers for goods or services and the ultimately received price.

Specific Tax

A tax that is levied as a fixed amount per unit on a particular good or service.

Inelastic Demand

A situation where demand for a product or service is relatively unmoved or less sensitive to changes in price.