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When Delayed Retirement Meets Low Fertility: Rethinking Demographic Policy in China

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Grandfather and young child watering plants together outdoors in a garden or greenhouse setting.

This blog post is based on an article published in Social Policy and Society by Jiayi Ma, Yazhen Yang and Yu Ding. Across ageing societies, governments are increasingly attempting to address two demographic challenges at the same time: extending working lives and encouraging higher fertility. In practice, however, these two goals may not always align.… Continue reading When Delayed Retirement Meets Low Fertility: Rethinking Demographic Policy in China

When Progressive Policies Meet Institutional Reality: Disability Quotas and Public Employment in China

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Person speaking with a recruiter during a job interview in an office setting, with a résumé visible on a laptop screen.

This blog post is based on an article published in the Journal of Social Policy by Cunqiang Shi and Yuanyuan Qu. The blog post is authored by Felix Shi. Disability employment quotas are often presented as a pragmatic solution to a persistent social problem: how to ensure that disabled people are not excluded from the… Continue reading When Progressive Policies Meet Institutional Reality: Disability Quotas and Public Employment in China