Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia (eBook, PDF)

Trends, causes and policy issues
Redaktion: Straughan, Paulin; Jones, Gavin; Chan, Angelique

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book brings together work on the low fertility countries of East Asia with an analysis of trends in fertility, what we know about their determinants and consequences, the policy issues and how these are being addressed in the various countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134032105
• Artikelnr.: 42980390

Autorenporträt

Gavin Jones is Professor in the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, where he is research team leader on the changing family in Asia. Paulin Tay-Straughan is an Associate Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of Sociology; and Vice-Dean at the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, National University of Singapore Angelique Chan is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the National University of Singapore

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Very low fertility in Pacific Asian countries: Causes and policy
responses GAVIN JONES, ANGELIQUE CHAN AND PAULIN TAY-STRAUGHAN Chapter 2
Explanations of low fertility in East Asia in comparative perspective PETER
MCDONALD Chapter 3 Japan's declining fertility and policy responses NAOHIRO
OGAWA, ROBERT D. RETHERFORD AND RIKIYA MATSUKURA Chapter 4 The Arrival of
Low Fertility in China BAOCHANG GU Chapter 5 Socioeconomic development and
fertility in the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
DUDLEY L. POSTON JR., HEATHER TERRELL KINCANNON AND JUNGWON YOON Chapter 6
The 1997 Asian economic crisis and changes in the pattern of socioeconomic
differentials in Korean fertility DOO-SUB KIM Chapter 7 Ultra low fertility
in Hong Kong: A review of related demographic transitions, social issues
and policies to encourage childbirth PAUL YIP AND CK LAW Chapter 8
Ultra-low fertility in Singapore: some observations YAP MUI TENG Chapter
9 From Population Control to Fertility Promotion - A Case Study of Family
Policies and Fertility Trends in Singapore PAULIN TAY-STRAUGHAN, ANGELIQUE
CHAN AND GAVIN JONES Chapter 10 Fertility in Pacific Asia: looking to the
future GAVIN JONES, PAULIN TAY-STRAUGHAN AND ANGELIQUE CHAN