Overview
- Presents the most current findings about the consequences and policy implications of economic stress for human capital development and family well-being in Asia
- Presents studies showing how macro-level economic stress filters down through households to affect individuals’ economic and socio-psychological well-being
Part of the book series: Quality of Life in Asia (QLAS, volume 4)
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Table of contents (15 chapters)
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Women, Children and Economic Stress
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Economic Stress and Health
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Social Support During Economic Hardships
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Economic Stress and Public Policy
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About this book
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 stresses experienced by families in Asia that is linked to poor human capital development, emotional distress, health problems, changing fertility patterns, more frequent geographic movement, and less supportive parenting behavior. The elderly, women, children, low-skilled workers are particularly vulnerable. The economic shocks in the past several decades have exposed the vulnerability of the family institution and the weaknesses in this region’s social protection system that can lead to detrimental long-term effects on human capital development. This book is relevant for researchers and students in fields such as Family Studies, Globalization, Development, Social Problems, Social Stratification, Social Inequalities, Poverty and Welfare, Education, and Social Policies.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia
Book Subtitle: Research and Policy Challenges
Editors: Wei-Jun Jean Yeung, Mui Teng Yap
Series Title: Quality of Life in Asia
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-7386-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2013
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-007-7385-1Published: 10 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7842-8Published: 17 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-007-7386-8Published: 26 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2211-0550
Series E-ISSN: 2211-0569
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 270
Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour
Topics: Quality of Life Research, Social Policy, Public Health