Female income and late marriage in Singapore.

Female income and late marriage in Singapore.

The main objective of this study is to provide a better understanding of the current trend in Singapore marriage rate from the perspective of opportunity costs. This study is divided into two main sections. In the first section, we will examine whether the opportunity costs of getting married is i...

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Main Authors: Mah, Yeok Tho., Ng, Mun Poh., Wong, Yixin.
Other Authors: Seshanna, Shubhasree
Format: Final Year Project
Published: 2008
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DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2156
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-21562019-12-10T12:18:16Z Female income and late marriage in Singapore. Mah, Yeok Tho. Ng, Mun Poh. Wong, Yixin. Seshanna, Shubhasree School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women The main objective of this study is to provide a better understanding of the current trend in Singapore marriage rate from the perspective of opportunity costs. This study is divided into two main sections. In the first section, we will examine whether the opportunity costs of getting married is increasing among females in Singapore by using some indicators which include female labour force participation rate, income, education level and income ratio between males and females. In the second section of this study, we will discuss policies that the Singapore government has introduced over the years in order to decrease the opportunity costs of marriage among women. Bachelor of Arts 2008-09-16T06:35:22Z 2008-09-16T06:35:22Z 2008 2008 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2156 Nanyang Technological University application/pdf
institution Nanyang Technological University
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country Singapore
collection DR-NTU
topic DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
spellingShingle DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Family, marriage and women
Mah, Yeok Tho.
Ng, Mun Poh.
Wong, Yixin.
Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
description The main objective of this study is to provide a better understanding of the current trend in Singapore marriage rate from the perspective of opportunity costs. This study is divided into two main sections. In the first section, we will examine whether the opportunity costs of getting married is increasing among females in Singapore by using some indicators which include female labour force participation rate, income, education level and income ratio between males and females. In the second section of this study, we will discuss policies that the Singapore government has introduced over the years in order to decrease the opportunity costs of marriage among women.
author2 Seshanna, Shubhasree
author_facet Seshanna, Shubhasree
Mah, Yeok Tho.
Ng, Mun Poh.
Wong, Yixin.
format Final Year Project
author Mah, Yeok Tho.
Ng, Mun Poh.
Wong, Yixin.
author_sort Mah, Yeok Tho.
title Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
title_short Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
title_full Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
title_fullStr Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
title_full_unstemmed Female income and late marriage in Singapore.
title_sort female income and late marriage in singapore.
publishDate 2008
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/2156
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