* 40 6 2016 11 Vol. 40 No. 6 November 2016 38 Population Research - 100872 Gender Equity Should be Prom oted by Public Policies under the Tw o-child Policy Zhao Menghan Abstract Under the two-child policy Chinese families are suffering from increasing burden of child-rearing most of which falls on women.in this study we emphasize that the public policies should help achieve gender equity by comparing the impacts of different institutions and polices in developed countries on population change.though a few policies on maternal leaves in China have gender perspective they have limited effects on alleviating family members family-work conflicts.we suggest that the gender equity should be promoted in various public policies including those concerning labor force participation education of young children and Old-age support. Keywords Gender Equity Two-Child Policy Family Development Public Policies Author Zhao Menghan is PhD candidate Center for Population and Development Studies Renmin University of China and Population Studies Center for University of Pennsylvania.Email sophiezhaomh@ gmail.com * 2014
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