Eastern Asian Population History and Contemporary Population Issues (SpringerBriefs in Population Studies)

This book interprets and explains contemporary population issues from historical and cultural perspectives. These include lowest-low fertility in the Republic of Korea and Taiwan, early population aging in China relative to the developmental level, and various modes of domestic and international migration in the region. The book shows that divergent fertility decline can be attributed to the family patterns established in the pre-modern era in each country. It also examines the diversity of international migration in Eastern Asian countries today is also understood from the long-term historical view. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Toru Suzuki)....Pages 1-7 Population of Premodern Eastern Asia (Toru Suzuki)....Pages 9-22 Eastern Asian Populations Under Modernization (Toru Suzuki)....Pages 23-51 Contemporary Population Changes in Eastern Asia (Toru Suzuki)....Pages 53-79 Concluding Remarks (Toru Suzuki)....Pages 81-84