Marriage and Fertility Behaviour in Japan: Economic Status and Value-Orientation

This monograph examines the influence of ideational and socio-economic factors on Japanese marriage and fertility behaviour. It also investigates the historical change in attitudes toward partnership and family in Japan, which, if current trends continue, can lead to population shrinkage and an asymmetrical age structure.

The author first details the differences between ideational and economic approaches. He examines these two behavioural models from a viewpoint of rational choice theory,...