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Demography (2006) 43 (2): 269–292.
Published: 01 May 2006
...Jungmin Lee; Myungho Paik Abstract Since antiquity, people in several East Asian countries, such as China, Japan, and South Korea, have believed that a person is destined to possess specific characteristics according to the sign of the zodiac under which he or she was born. South Koreans...
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Demography (1992) 29 (1): 69–92.
Published: 01 February 1992
...Yean-Ju Lee; Alberto Palloni Abstract As a result of sharp declines in fertility and mortality, the aging of the Korean population has proceeded rapidly and is likely to continue in full force for some time. In societies such as Korea, where families traditionally have been the only efficient...
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Demography (1985) 22 (2): 280–288.
Published: 01 May 1985
... Conference, Manila, 1981, Vol. I. Cho I.-J. , Arnold F. , & Kwon. T. H. ( 1982 ). The Determinants of Fertility in the Republic of Korea . Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press . Cho N. H. , Lee K. S. , Hong S. Y. , & Kim S. H. ( 1977 ). Effects...
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Demography (1983) 20 (3): 333–352.
Published: 01 August 1983
...Chai Bin Park Abstract This study investigates the effects of son preference on sex ratio and fertility at the family level, utilizing World Fertility Survey data for Korea, whose population is known to have a strong preference for sons and a fairly high level of contraceptive use. The sex ratio...
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Demography (1989) 26 (4): 627–643.
Published: 01 November 1989
... ). Some aspects of aging in Southeast Asia . Unites , 55 , 225 – 245 . Ahn , K.-R. ( 1982 ). The situation of the aging in Korea . Unites , 55 , 193 – 205 . Andrews , G. R. , Esterman , A. J. , Braunack-Mayer , A. J. , & Rungie , C. M. ( 1986 ). Aging...
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Demography (1984) 21 (4): 537–558.
Published: 01 November 1984
...Robert D. Retherford; Lee-Jay Cho; Nam-Il Kim Abstract This paper estimates ever-married birth rates by age and duration since first marriage and ever-married total fertility rates for the Republic of Korea, derived by applying an extension of the own-children method of fertility estimation...
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 241–260.
Published: 01 May 1982
...Larry Bumpass; Ronald R. Rindfuss; James A. Palmore; Mercedes Concepcion; Byoung Mohk Choi Abstract This analysis compares the effects of contraceptive use and infant and fetal mortality on the pace offertility in Korea and the Philippines and explores the mediating effects of these intermediate...
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 679–689.
Published: 01 June 1968
... Programs Succeed? . Science , 158 , 730 – 739 . 10.1126/science.158.3802.730 2 Bernard Berelson, “Beyond Family Planning” (August 1968, Unpublished ms.). 3 A series of four reviews for each year 1964–1967, written jointly on the Korea and Taiwan Programs, has been published by S. M. Keeny...
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Demography (1974) 11 (4): 641–656.
Published: 01 November 1974
..., 1972: Korea (South) . Studies in Family Planning , 4 , 107 – 111 . 10.2307/1964726 Cho Lee-Jay ( 1971 ). Korea: Estimating Current Fertility from the 1966 Census . Studies in Family Planning , 2 , 74 – 78 . 10.2307/1964922 Cho Lee-Jay ( 1971 ). Preliminary Estimates...
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Demography (2020) 57 (2): 627–652.
Published: 23 March 2020
...Eleanor Jawon Choi; Jisoo Hwang Abstract Sex ratio at birth remains highly skewed in many Asian countries because of son preference. The ratio in South Korea, however, declined beginning in 1990 and reached the natural range in 2007. We study changes in child gender effects on fertility...
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Demography (2020) 57 (3): 927–951.
Published: 19 May 2020
...Seik Kim; Sam-Ho Lee Abstract Using Korean data, this study investigates whether son-favoring ideas or the preference for sons affect fertility decisions. Son-favoring fertility behavior in Korea is of interest because the sex ratio at birth has recovered to a natural level after having been very...
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Demography (1965) 2 (1): 567–578.
Published: 01 March 1965
... Quarterly , Vol. XXXIX, No.2 (April, 1962). 2. Bureau Ofstatistics, Ministry Ofinformation . Census of Korea , 1949, Seoul, Korea. 3. Bureau Of Statistics, Ministry Of Home Affairs . 1955 Population Census of Korea , Seoul, Korea. 4. Bureau Of Statistics, Office Of Prime Minister, Japan...
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Demography (2023) 60 (2): 563–582.
Published: 01 April 2023
...Jisoo Hwang Abstract South Korea and other developed regions in East Asia have become forerunners of prolonged lowest-low fertility. South Korea's total fertility rate has been below 1.3 for two decades, the longest duration among OECD countries. Using vital statistics and census data, I study...
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in The Dynamics of Son Preference, Technology Diffusion, and Fertility Decline Underlying Distorted Sex Ratios at Birth: A Simulation Approach
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Published: 16 September 2016
Fig. 2 Proportion with son preference: South Korea, 1980–2050. Observed values from Chung and Das Gupta ( 2007b )
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 171–194.
Published: 09 January 2020
... on South Korea, we consider a very different scenario in which changing educational composition of the marriage market reduces the demographic feasibility of such marriages. Analyses of 1% microsamples of the 1990 and 2010 Korean censuses show that changes in the availability of potential spouses accounted...
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 877–899.
Published: 24 April 2018
...Inhoe Ku; Wonjin Lee; Seoyun Lee; Kyounghoon Han Abstract In this article, we examined what has contributed to the worsening income inequality and poverty between 1996 and 2011 in South Korea. We used a rank-preserving exchange method and a conditional reweighting method to assess the roles...
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Published: 23 March 2020
Fig. 1 Sex ratio at birth. In panel a, data for China, India, South Korea, and the United States are from the United Nations ( 2015 ); data for Taiwan are from the Taiwanese Department of Household Registration ( http://www.ris.gov.tw/en/web/ris3-english/history ). In panel b, data are from
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1873–1895.
Published: 05 September 2017
... Foundation of Korea Grant (NRF-2016S1A3A2924944) to H. Jeon. With regard to affiliations for D. Salinas and W. Smith, the content of this article is solely that of the authors and does not represent an official position of the OECD or UNESCO. References Alberg A. J. , Shopland D. R...
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Causal Impact of Having a College Degree on Women’s Fertility: Evidence From Regression Kink Designs
Demography (2019) 56 (3): 969–990.
Published: 21 March 2019
... administered by Statistics Korea. To account for the endogeneity of education, this study exploits the Korean higher education reform initiated in 1993 that boosted women’s likelihood of graduating from college. Based on regression kink designs, we find that having a college degree reduces the likelihood...
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1729–1750.
Published: 10 September 2015
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