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Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications

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Half century of profound demographic and socioeconomic changes in the three East Asian countries under study has fundamentally altered their social structures as well as life courses and lifestyles of their populations. East Asia has become, as a region, the world’s largest economic powerhouse, with each country having gone through phenomenal economic growth at different periods of time after World War II, leading to rapid improvements in living standards and prolonging life span.

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  1. Faculty of Economics, Keio University, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

    Noriko O. Tsuya

  2. East-West Center, Honolulu, HI, USA

    Minja Kim Choe

  3. Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA

    Feng Wang

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Tsuya, N.O., Choe, M.K., Wang, F. (2019). Conclusion and Policy Implications. In: Convergence to Very Low Fertility in East Asia: Processes, Causes, and Implications. SpringerBriefs in Population Studies(). Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55781-4_6

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