The effects of the policy can be found in this article from the BBC. Many demographers seems to agree that it is more likely changes in population policies during the 70's (Government promoting later marriages) that brought about changes in the fertility. According to the article, the continued decrease (probably as low as 1,5 children per woman) is not only due to the policy, but also due to the rapid economic development and the emancipation of women (50 percent of university or college students in China today are women, up from 23 percent in 1980) http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7000931.stm
According to this article http://www.newsweek.com/2010/08/27/chinese-women-are-more-ambitious-than-americans.html "What’s more, over 75 percent of women in China aspire to hold a top corporate job, compared with just over half in the U.S., and 77 percent of Chinese women participate in the workforce, compared with 69 percent in the U.S." i.e they conclude that Chinese women are hard-working (and Americans lazy), and of course willing to put in the hours to climb the corporate ladder - hence having fewer kids!!!
The negative consequences of the policy, especially the greying of the Chinese population seems to be getting some attention in Goverment. There seems to be plans on easing the policy, and slowly dismantling it, piece by piece. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36754653/
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