Abstract: This paper focuses on current social policies in China,analyzing them in gender perspective and exploring the causes of their ineffectiveness in solving rising sex ratio at birth problem. The methodology is file analysis at national level and field survey at county level. The study finds shortage of gender awareness,weak-coordination,and ill-feasibility may be responsible for the ineffectiveness of social policies to promote gender equality and correspondingly to restrain the rising sex ratio at birth.

Keywords: Sex Ratio at Birth, Social Policies, Gender Inequality

摘要： 本文运用社会性别视角,审视我国出生人口性别比严重失常、长期居高背景下的中国现行社会政策,认为社会政策缺少社会性别视角、彼此不协调、配套政策不足以及可操作性差,是出生人口性别比问题治理低效的主要原因。通过实验县的调研干预,本文还发现,具有强烈"男孩偏好"的乡规民约对于中国的社会政策起着抵触和消解作用,而县级政府通过创新性的机制建设和制度建设具有综合协调各项社会政策的能力。

关键词: 出生人口性别比, 社会政策, 社会性别