OECD Korea Policy Centre
Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs
Table Of Contents
Summary 1
Chapter 1 Introduction 5 Paragraph 1. Study Background and Purpose 7 Paragraph 2. Study Content and Method 10
Chapter 2 Fertility and Changing Family Structure 15 Paragraph 1. Recent Trends in Overall Fertility Rates 17 Paragraph 2. Changing Patterns of Marriage 30 Paragraph 3. Changing Household Structure 36
Chapter 3 Labor Market Position of Females 41 Paragraph 1. Female Employment and Behavior of Labor 43 Paragraph 2. Family and Female Employment 53
Chapter 4 Family Policy of East Asian Countries 63 Paragraph 1. Family Cash Benefit 65 Paragraph 2. Child-related Leave Policies 78 Paragraph 3. Childcare and Pre-school Education 87
Chapter 5 Changing Population Structure and Future Implications 113 Paragraph 1. Changing Population Structure in East Asia 115 Paragraph 2. Economic Implications of Population Aging 128 Paragraph 3. Reform of China’s One Child Policy 136
Chapter 6 Current Issues in East Asia 139 Paragraph 1. Economic Transformation and Gender Issues of Labor Market in China 141 Paragraph 2. Women in Labour Market and Work Life Balance in Japan 146 Paragraph 3. Support for Singaporeans to Marry and Have Children 154 Paragraph 4. An Elasticity Analysis of Fertility Rebound in Hong Kong China 161 Paragraph 5. Low Fertility and Policy Agenda in Thailand 169 Paragraph 6. Fertility and Population Policies in Vietnam 176
Chapter 7 Conclusion 181 Paragraph 1. Implications of This Study 183 Paragraph 2. Future Challenges 187
Bibliography 191
Appendix 199 Appendix 1: Selected indicators of OECD Family database 200 Appendix 2: Data from the OECD KOREA Policy Centre-KIHASA Family database 2014 202
Local ID
Policy Report 2014-67
KIHASA Research Subject Classification
General social security > International social security
