Re-examining the East Asian fertility decline

• Main Author: Poon, Prime
• Other Authors: Kim Soojin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/74861
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In the past 50 years, the phenomenon of persistent sub-replacement level fertility rates is of increasing significance in East Asian countries as issues such as ageing population and greying work force increase. Inexplicably, the number of childbirths in East Asia has rapidly decreased since the 196...