Low Fertility and Population Aging in Japan and Eastern Asia

• Main Author: Suzuki, Toru. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo : Springer Japan : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Population Studies,
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Social policy.; Demography.; Families.; Families > Social aspects.; Social Sciences.; Family.; Social Policy.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book provides a unique comparative view of the extremely low fertility and drastic population aging in Eastern Asian countries. After discussing demographic and political developments of Japan in detail as a reference case, accelerated changes in Korea, Taiwan and China are interpreted with a c...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1 Demography of Low Fertility in Japan and Eastern Asia
• 2 Low Fertility in Comparative Perspective
• 3 Politics of Low Fertility in Japan and Eastern Asia
• 4 Demography of Population Aging in Japan and Eastern Asia
• 5 Politics of Population Aging in Eastern Asia
• Conclusion.