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Mengni Chen

Mengni Chen

Mengni Chen is a research scientist in the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at Cologne University in Germany. She is also a research officer in the Centre of Demographic Research at the University of Louvain and National Fund Institute of Scientific Research in Belgium. Her interests include marriage and family in East Asia, population dynamics and economic development, and social policies. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 2017.
Mengni Chen is a research scientist in the Institute of Sociology and Social Psychology at Cologne University in Germany. She is also a research officer in the Centre of Demographic Research at the University of Louvain and National Fund Institute of Scientific Research in Belgium. Her interests include marriage and family in East Asia, population dynamics and economic development, and social policies. She obtained her PhD from the University of Hong Kong in 2017.
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Opinion | China’s population crisis: the country might grow old before it grows rich

While internal migration has boosted development in parts of China, it cannot change the facts of low fertility and population ageing. If the fertility decline cannot be reversed, China must turn to technological innovation and other adaptations, and set a realistic population policy

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With research findings suggesting that an increase in the marriage rate of women aged 25-29 can significantly raise the total fertility rate, governments should do more to remove barriers for those who want to tie the knot.

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