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A shrinking society post-demographic transition in Japan / Toshihiko Hara.
| Author/creator | Hara, Toshihiko |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Tokyo ; Heidelberg : Springer, [2015] |
| Description | ix, 65 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from eBooks on EBSCOhost |
| Subjects |
| Series | SpringerBriefs in population studies, 2211-3215. Population studies of Japan SpringerBriefs in population studies, 2211-3215 SpringerBriefs in population studies. Population studies of Japan. |
| Contents | 1 Introduction: The Demographic Impacts from the Great East Japan Earthquake (The Tōhoku Earthquake and Tsunami; The Demographic Impacts; Comparing the Population Projections: Prefectures Level; Comparing the Population Projections: Cities Level; Impacts of the Great East Japan Earthquake; About This Book) -- 2 Population Prospects in Japanese Society (From Population Growth to Population Decline; Changing Dependency Ratios as Indicators of Child/Elder Care Cost; Depopulation at Sub-national Level: Shrinking Regions) -- 3 Demographic Transition and Child/Elder Care Cost (Optimal Care Cost and Net Reproduction Rate; Historical Change of Optimal Care Cost Curves; The Effects of the Rising Longevity on the Child/Elder Care Cost) -- 4 Historical Process and Background of Fertility Decline in Japan (Female Life Expectancy and Survival Rate of Women; Fertility Effects of the Rising Survival Rate of Women of Reproductive Age; Mean Number of Children Ever Born to Women; Decreasing Number of Children; Causal Model of Demographic Transition in Japan; Condition for Recovering the Replacement Fertility Level) -- 5 Sustainability of Japan as A Shrinking Society (Increasing Conflicts on the Redistribution between Different Social Groups ; Collapse of Nation's Finances; Social Security Reform) -- 6 Policy Measures for A Shrinking Society (Family Policies for Recovering Replacement Fertility; Immigration Policies for Globalization of Japanese Society; Selections and Re-Concentration of Communities) -- 7 Epilogue: The Principle of the Sustainable Population (The Principle of the Sustainable Population; Conclusion). |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Issued in other form | 9784431548102 |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014952220 |
| ISBN | 9784431548096 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 4431548092 (pbk.) |
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