Different pathways of the second demographic transition in four East Asian societies: evidence from the 2006 and 2016 East Asian Social Surveys

Policy Lessons of the East Asian Demographic Transition

THE “EAST ASIAN MIRACLE”—the several decades of extraordinary economic growth and poverty reduction in a group of East and Southeast Asian countries, beginning around the 1960s—provides the gold standard of development achievement. The miracle also entailed rapid social development, in particular the transformation of demographic regimes from high to low mortality and fertility and a strong exp...

The Second Demographic Transition in Asia? Comparative Analysis of the Low Fertility Situation in East and South-East Asian Countries

Introduction In the latter half of the 20th century, the world population increased unprecedentedly in large part by the population explosion in the developing region. Such population explosion was caused by widening gap between the rapid mortality decline and the persistence of high fertility. When and how fast fertility in the developing region would decline and whether policy intervention is...

The Effect of Ease of Doing Business on Capital Flight: Evidence from East Asian Countries

T he business environment is characterized by environmental and exogenous factors that affect company performance to the extent that it prevents managers from interacting effectively with a company. This study built on the literature on the ease of doing business and capital flight by empirically demonstrating the importance of business environments across different countries. To thi...

East Asian Production Networks – The Role and Contribution of SMEs

The Asia-Pacific region generates over half of global economic activity (54.2%) and about 43.7% of global trade, and is the most dynamic region in the global economy. At the core of this is an increasingly dynamic, vibrant and entrepreneurial small-medium sized enterprise sector. Advances in information and communications technology, market liberalisation and moves towards closer regional econo...

Demographic Factors in East Asian Regional Integration