EAST-WEST CENTER (EWC)
Population policies and programs in East Asia
The papers in this volume examine the population policies in six East Asian economies as part of a larger project examining the links between population change and economic development in the most dynamic region in the world.
Mason, Andrew, ed. · 2001
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Abstract
The economies had varied approaches to population policy, but all achieved unusually fast fertility decline. Rapid social and economic development played a primary role in determining birth rates, but effective intervention by the state accelerated the transition to low fertility levels. A second volume, Population Change and Economic Development in East Asia: Challenges Met, Opportunities Seized, published by Stanford University Press, examines the economic consequences of population change in East Asia. (Author abstract)
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