TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose This study aims to apply two recently discovered relationships that describe fertility recovery in developed countries to East Asia: the U-shaped relationship between fertility and FLP (female labor participation) and the inverse-J-shaped relationship between fertility and income.Design/methodology/approach It uses a panel data set of 176 countries including 13 East Asian countries from 1990 to 2014. Pooled ordinary least squares, fixed-effects and random-effects models are tested.Findings The main findings are the following points concerning East Asia: The U-shape and the inverse-J-shape are confirmed, suggesting that fertility recovery could be realized if both FLP and income are high enough and increasing; in the region, the U-shape is peculiar. Lower-income countries’ data move from the upper-right to the bottom, whereas higher-income countries’ data move from the upper-left to the bottom; no country in the region has reached the stage where both FLP and income are high enough.Originality/value This is the first paper on East Asia to show the U-shape and the inverse-J-shape concerning fertility recovery and the peculiarity of the U-shape in East Asia. It explains the background of low fertility using the relationship between fertility, FLP and income.
VL  - 17
IS  - 1
SN  - 1446-8956
DO  - 10.1108/IJDI-06-2017-0106
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/IJDI-06-2017-0106
AU  - Nakagaki Yoko
PY  - 2018
Y1  - 2018/01/01
TI  - Fertility, female labor participation and income in East Asia
T2  - International Journal of Development Issues
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 69
EP  - 86
Y2  - 2024/04/25
ER  -