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1. SINGAPORE'S POPULATION CONUNDRUM.

Author

Yap Mui Teng

Subjects
*POPULATION forecasting, *POPULATION policy, *BIRTH rate, *DEMOGRAPHIC transition, *BABY boom generation, *SOCIAL history, *TWENTY-first century, *ECONOMIC history
Abstract

The article examines population and population policy in Singapore. A decline in the country's birth rate since 1977 to below replacement level s examined, as are forecasts population will begin to decline by 2025 without additional immigration or an improbably sharp rise in births. The economic and social impact of the aging of the baby boom generation are discussed.

Published
2013
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2. ON BABIES, FOREIGN TALENT AND OLDER PEOPLE: The Great Balancing Act.

Author

Yap Mui Teng

Subjects
*FEDERAL aid to child welfare, *FERTILITY, SOCIAL aspects
Abstract

Focuses on the granting of bonuses to families for the second and third babies by the government in Singapore. Revision of sagging Total Fertility Rate; Impact of the project on the economic, political and social status of the country; Creation of balance between population size and age structure.

Published
2001
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