Title
Year
Author
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
2020
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Editor |
Matsuda, Shigeki |
Title |
Low fertility in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore: population policies and their effectiveness |
Publication Date | 2020 |
Publisher | Singapore: Springer |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2830-9 |
Subject |
Singapore -- Population policy Fertility, Human -- Singapore |
Page | xi, 91 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
restrictedAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Abstract |
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 fertility is a demographic phenomenon that first occurred in Europe and subsequently spread across other countries. Currently, the fertility rates in Europe are relatively stable, while those in developed Asian economies are the lowest worldwide. This may cause labor shortages and weaken their social security systems, undermining Asia’s social and economic sustainability despite its remarkable economic development. In response to low fertility, some Asian countries have implemented countermeasures: Japan has introduced measures based on childcare facilities and work–life balance. Similarly, since the mid-2000s South Korea has established countermeasures to promote a balance between work and child rearing, as well as expanded childcare services. Singapore began introducing countermeasures before the other two countries, including various advanced measures. Yet none of these countries has seen a full recovery in fertility rates. Based on a statistical analysis of survey results from the three countries, this book makes several important points. The first is that the policy has been ineffective in Japan due to a discrepancy between the needs of parents raising children and those who are the targets of the countermeasures. Second, the work–life balance and child-rearing support measures that have been promoted in Japan and South Korea have not affected the number of children that women want to have. Third, Singaporean values tend to place individual emphasis on competition with oneself (education and career status) rather than on married life. This intense competition has lowered fertility rates. To restore these rates, each country must promote policies that better address its specific issues. |
Series | Population Studies of Japan |
Migration and Singapore: implications for the Asia Pacific
Migration and Singapore: implications for the Asia Pacific
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Low, Linda |
Title |
Migration and Singapore: implications for the Asia Pacific |
Source Title | Asian and Pacific Migration Journal |
Publication Date | 1994 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/011719689400300203 |
Call Number | JV8490 APM |
Subject |
Singapore -- Emigration and immigration |
Page | 251-263 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 3 |
Issue | 2-3 |
Motivations of migrants from Singapore to Australia
Motivations of migrants from Singapore to Australia
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Sullivan, Gerard Gunasekaran, S. |
Title |
Motivations of migrants from Singapore to Australia |
Publication Date | 1994 |
Publisher | Singapore : Institute of Southeast Asian Studies |
Call Number | DS520.5 Frs 28 |
Subject |
Immigrants -- Australia Singapore -- Emigration and immigration Australia -- Emigration and immigration Singapore -- Economic conditions -- 1985- Australia -- Economic conditions -- 1945- |
Page | 88 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
On babies, foreign talent and older people
On babies, foreign talent and older people
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Yap, Mui Teng |
Title |
On babies, foreign talent and older people |
Source Title | Southeast Asian Affairs |
Publication Date | 2001 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1355/SEAA01S |
Call Number | DS501 SAA |
Subject |
Singapore -- Population Singapore -- Population policy Population control Family planning Singapore -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy Aging -- Singapore Alien labor -- Singapore |
Page | 310-322 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Planners, householders and fertility reduction
Planners, householders and fertility reduction
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Merrill, Robert S. |
Title |
Planners, householders and fertility reduction |
Source Title | Studies in Third World Societies |
Publication Date | 1983 |
DOI | |
Call Number | HN980 STWS |
Subject |
Singapore -- Population policy Birth control -- Singapore Singapore -- Politics and government Social engineering -- Singapore |
Page | 65-71 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 25 |
Population control for zero growth in Singapore
Population control for zero growth in Singapore
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Saw, Swee-Hock |
Title |
Population control for zero growth in Singapore |
Publication Date | 1980 |
Publisher | Singapore : Oxford University Press |
Call Number | HB3660.2 Saw |
Subject |
Birth control -- Singapore Singapore -- Population policy |
Page | 231 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Population dynamics and housing environment change in Singapore: recent trends and policy responses
Population dynamics and housing environment change in Singapore: recent trends and policy responses
1991
Grunsven, Leo van
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Grunsven, Leo van |
Title |
Population dynamics and housing environment change in Singapore: recent trends and policy responses |
Source Title | Netherlands Journal of Housing and Environmental Research |
Publication Date | 1991 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02496504 |
Subject |
Housing policy--Singapore Populat6ion density--Singapore |
Page | 229-252 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 6 |
Issue | 3 |
Population of Singapore, 1970: a census atlas
Population of Singapore, 1970: a census atlas
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Chiang, Tao Chang |
Title |
Population of Singapore, 1970: a census atlas |
Publication Date | 1983 |
Publisher | Singapore : South Seas Society |
Call Number | HA1801 SCC 1970 |
Subject |
Singapore -- Census, 1970 -- Maps Singapore -- Population -- Maps |
Page | 122 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Population outcomes: Singapore 2050
Population outcomes: Singapore 2050
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Editor |
Yap, Mui Teng Gee, Christopher Kok Aun |
Title |
Population outcomes: Singapore 2050 |
Publication Date | 2014 |
Publisher | Singapore: Institute of Policy Studies |
Subject |
Singapore -- Population Demography -- Singapore |
Language | English |
URI | |
Content Type | Book |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Population planning and change in Singapore
Population planning and change in Singapore
Collection | Demography & Population |
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Author/Creator |
Teo, Peggy |
Title |
Population planning and change in Singapore |
Source Title | Population and Environment |
Publication Date | 1995 |
DOI |
http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02331919 |
Call Number | HB848 PEN |
Subject |
Singapore -- Population Singapore -- Population policy |
Page | 237-251 |
Language | English |
Content Type | Journal Article |
Object Type |
Text |
Terms of Use |
openAccess |
Repository | NUS Libraries |
Volume | 16 |
Issue | 3 |
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