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Re:Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major po... by 1cvmask on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:26AM (#27342485)
It seems this will change very little especially in expensive urban areas:

"People are held back not by the two-children limit, but by the incredibly high costs of raising children in today's China. Housing, extracurricular activities, food, trips, and everything else add up quickly," Yifei Li, a sociologist at NYU Shanghai, told Reuters.

"Raising the limit itself is unlikely to tilt anyone's calculus in a meaningful way, in my view."

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Re:Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major po... by LatteLazy on Monday May 31, 2021 @06:46AM (#27342619)
I don't disagree but it's worth noting the main way people have more kids is to pay a "fine" for the extras. So removing that fine will encourage at least some margin cases to have that extra baby.
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Re:Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major po... by toomuchtodo on Monday May 31, 2021 @10:33AM (#27344435)
I don’t believe so. There is already a male:female gender imbalance in the Chinese dating marketplace. With the rapid inflation in real estate assets, and the requirement that a man have property before a woman will view him as a worthy suitor, I don’t believe this policy will move the needle at all.

https://youtu.be/jDIhTc6CJYY

https://www.mingtiandi.com/real-estate/china-real-estate-res...

https://voxdev.org/topic/macroeconomics-growth/relationship-...

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Re:Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major po... by thaumasiotes on Monday May 31, 2021 @07:21AM (#27342841)
Depends on the people; I was under the impression that another strategy is to not worry about whether the extra kid gets a hukou.
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Re:Three-child policy: China lifts cap on births in major po... by Pet_Ant on Monday May 31, 2021 @11:59AM (#27345369)
TIL:

> Hukou: A household registration record officially identifies a person as a permanent resident of an area and includes identifying information such as name, parents, spouse and date of birth.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hukou

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