The world faces growing challenges of aging populations. Asia is no exception with rapidly increasing life expectancies … and falling fertility rates. To help policy makers address these issues, this paper examines three sociopolicy options: (i … methodology with the goal of increasing fertility rates. When the retirement age is extended from 65 to 70, the overall dependency …

-child family and other changes in the low fertility countries of Asia / Gavin W. Jones -- Childlessness : choice and circumstances …What is happening to fertility behaviour? -- No time for children? the key questions / Ann Buchanan and Anna Rotkirch … / Jennifer S. Barber, Yasamin Kusunoki, Heather H. Gatny,and Jennifer Yarger -- Crisis and control : Russia's dramatic fertility …

sciences—and—to focus on the effects of woman-related demographics, namely fertility rates. I test the hypothesis that … different countries over time, when fertility rates decline, we observe a growth in democracy. In the theoretical framework …