Low fertility in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore : population policies and their effectiveness

Low fertility in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore : population policies and their effectiveness / Shigeki Matsuda, editor.

This book describes the low fertility status in three developed Asian countries--Japan, South Korea, and Singapore--and outlines countermeasures for their declining birthrates. Based on the characteristics of each society, the authors discuss why their fertility rates have not yet recovered. Low fer...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Matsuda, Shigeki, 1970-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, [2020]
Series:Population studies of Japan.
Subjects:
Fertility, Human > Japan.
Fertility, Human > Korea (South)
Fertility, Human > Singapore.
Political economy.
Regional studies.
Sociology.
Population & demography.
Political Science > Public Policy > Social Policy.
Social Science > Sociology > General.
Social Science > Demography.
Fertility, Human
Japan
Korea (South)
Singapore
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface (Shigeki Matsuda)
  • 1. Characteristics and Problems of the Countermeasures Against Low Fertility in Japan: Reasons that Fertility is Not Increasing (Shigeki Matsuda)
  • 2. Determinants of the gap between desired and actual/expected number of children in Japan and South Korea (Jihey Bae)
  • 3. Lowest-low fertility in Singapore: Current state and prospects (Keita Suga)
  • 4. Where have All the Babies Gone?
  • An Educational Perspective on Singapores Low Fertility (SIM Choon Kiat), -Epiloge (Shigeki Matsuda).

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