(Amy) Zhe Zhang
Shorenstein APARC
Stanford University
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Stanford, CA 94305-6055
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amyzhe@stanford.edu
Visiting Scholar, 2009-2011
Zhe Zhang is an assistant professor of organization management at the School of Management, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, where she also received her PhD. Her research focuses on public-private partnerships, corporate governance, and corporate social responsibility. She has published in the Journal of High Technology Management Research, International Journal of Health Care Finance & Economics, Management and Organization Review, and the International Journal of Networking and Virtual Organizations.
Jobs and Kids: Female Employment and Fertility in Rural China
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Understanding the relationship between female employment and fertility is a vital ingredient for effective population policy. This column presents new findings from China based on well over 2000 women between 20 and 52 years old. It finds that non-agricultural jobs for women reduce the number of children per woman by 0.64 and the probability of having more than one child by 54.8%.
As the realities of an ageing population tick ever closer, policymakers have sharpened their focus on fertility. While low fertility in Europe has been labelled a crisis (Doepke et al. 2008), fertility in some high-income countries of East Asia, such as Japan and South Korea, is even lower. Fertility has also fallen significantly even in rapidly developing middle- and low-income economies, including those of China, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam (Figure 1). In China, the personal forces promoting fertility decline reinforce ongoing policies to curb population growth.
Also available in Chinese: "Gongzuo he zinü: Zhongguo nongcun nüxing jiuye he shangyulü." Comparative Studies (Bijiao) 49(4) (Beijing: China CITIC Press): 1-7.
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Friction Points: Colliding Interests in U.S.-China Relations
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China and the United States have been dubbed the G2 to signify their centrality in restoring global economic and financial health, yet the U.S.-China relationship is beset with tensions over trade, currency alignments, and domestic repercussions of change. Security concerns from the Middle East to Asia complicate these issues. In honor of eminent China scholar Michel Oksenberg, FSI's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center convened distinguished analysts to examine current friction points and the future outlook.
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Did Washington bring down the Japanese prime minister?
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On June 2, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, along with Democratic Party of Japan leader Ichiro Ozawa, resigned due to a dispute over plans to relocate the U.S. Marine Air Station at Futenma, in the southern part of Okinawa, to Camp Schwab, in the northern part of the island. Writing in Slate.com, Daniel C. Sneider considers the Obama administration's role in the debacle and asks: Is this how allies should treat each other?
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