| Description |
1 online resource (276 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Quality of life in Asia, 2211-0569 ; v. 4 |
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Quality of life in Asia ; v. 4. 2211-0569
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| Contents |
Chapter 1: Introduction: Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia: Research and Policy Challenges; Wei-Jun Jean Yeung -- PART I: OVERVIEW -- Chapter 2: Global Financial Crisis and Economic and Social Challenges for Asia and the Pacific; Noeleen Heyzer -- Chapter 3: The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific: A UNICEF Perspective (2009-2010); Samman J. Thapa and Mahesh S. Patel -- Chapter 4: The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty; Greg J. Duncan and Katherine Magnuson -- PART II: WOMEN, CHILDREN AND ECONOMIC STRESS -- Chapter 5: The 1997 Economic Crisis and Changes in the Pattern of Achieved Fertility and Ideal Number of Children in Korea; Doo-Sub Kim -- Chapter 6: Abandoned or Abandoning Men: Economic Stress, Gender Relations and Migration of Filipinas to Singapore; Janet M. Arnado -- Chapter 7: Economic Insecurity and Husband-to-Wife Physical Assault in Hong Kong: The Role of Husband's Power Motive; Adam K.L. Cheung and Susanne Y.P. Choi -- PART III: ECONOMIC STRESS AND HEALTH -- Chapter 8: Economic Stress and Health among Rural Chinese Elderly; Wei-Jun Jean Yeung and Zhenhua Xu -- Chapter 9: Poverty, Perceived Economic Strain and Psychological Distress among Thai Older Adults; Kattika Thanakwang -- PART IV: SOCIAL SUPPORT DURING ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS -- Chapter 10: Social Networks and Reduction of Risk in Disasters: An Example of the Wenchuan Earthquake; Zhao Yandong -- Chapter 11: Human and Social Capital Dynamics in Economic Crises -- The Impact on Poor Chinese Migrant Children in Hong Kong during the Far East Economic Crisis; Sam Wong -- PART V: ECONOMIC STRESS AND PUBLIC POLICY -- Chapter 12: Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs): A Child Policy Strategy in Asia; Shirley Gatenio Gabel and Sheila B. Kamerman -- Chapter 13: The Impact of Economic Crises on Health: Past Evidence and Policy Implications for Asia; Kai-Hong Phua and Kai-Lit Phua -- Chapter 14: Policy Responses in an Unstable Globalized Economy: Multi-Stressed Low-Earning Families in Singapore; Irene Y.H. Ng and Kong-Weng Ho -- Chapter 15: Conclusion and Policy Implications; Yap Mui Teng |
| Summary |
This book presents recent findings about the consequences and policy implications of economic stress for human capital development and family well-being in Asia. The scope of the chapters goes beyond the impact of current financial crisis to include the effect of economic deprivation families in Asia experience as a result of job loss, low-wage employment, and catastrophic natural calamities. The studies show how macro-level economic stress can filter down through households to affect individuals' economic and socio-psychological well-being. The chapters reveal a wide spectrum of economic stre |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 28, 2013) |
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Families -- Economic aspects -- Asia
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Family life surveys -- Asia
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Financial crises -- Social aspects -- Asia
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Health status indicators -- Asia
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
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Families -- Economic aspects
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Family life surveys
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Financial crises -- Social aspects
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Health status indicators
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Social policy
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| SUBJECT |
Asia -- Social policy
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| Subject |
Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Yap, Mui Teng, editor
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Yeung, Wei-Jun Jean, 1958- editor.
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| ISBN |
9789400773868 |
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9400773862 |
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9400773854 |
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9789400773851 |
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