Marriage Costs in China Are Out of Control
<i>A good start would be a law that ensures a woman’s claim on marital property in the case of a divorce. Current Chinese law makes no such provision, and thus provides a strong disincentive to marry and a very powerful incentive to charge higher bride prices.</i><p>We have laws like this in Europe. Marriages keep happening later and TFRs keep plummeting. Why would it work any different in China.<p>Journalists always push their prefferred policies even when there&#x27;s no proof they solve the very clearly stated problem. Subsidize kindergartens! Mandatory, paid maternal leaves! All while populations that implemented them keep collapsing.