シム　チュン・キャット    Sim Choon Kiat
   SIM Choon Kiat
   所属
人間社会学部 現代教養学科
 
女性文化研究所 所属教員
 
生活機構研究科 福祉社会研究専攻
   職種
教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2020/04
形態種別 単行本
標題 Low Fertility in Japan, South Korea, and Singapore - Population Policies and Their Effectiveness
執筆形態 共著
掲載区分国外
出版社・発行元 Singapore: Springer
巻・号・頁 pp.67-88
総ページ数 91
担当範囲 Chapter 4: Where Have All the Babies Gone? - An Educational Perspective on Singapore's Low Fertility
著者・共著者 Ed: S. Matsuda
概要 Issues related to manpower are matters of survival in small and resource-scarce Singapore. This is the reason why the city-state has a multi-track education system to enhance the quality of its people regardless of ability, race, gender, or other factors. And to secure the quantity of its people, the island city also has various measures to support marriage, childbirth and child-rearing, and to take in immigrants and foreign workers.
No doubt these policies have formed the foundation and push for Singapore's national building and development, they have however formed an unwavering 'tournament competition mindset'among the people.
This chapter examines how such mindset is fostered through the competitive school system and extends even beyond adulthood, and thus may well be the main reason behind low fertility in Singapore.