2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Study on the Population and Life Course Dynamics in the First and Second Demographic Transition and Their Future Prospects
| Project/Area Number |
23330173
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | National Institute of Population and Social Security Research |
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Principal Investigator |
KANEKO Ryuichi 国立社会保障・人口問題研究所, 副所長 (30415814)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
ISHII Futoshi 国立社会保障, 人口問題研究所・人口動向研究部, 部長 (50415816)
SASAI Tsukasa 国立社会保障, 人口問題研究所・企画部, 第4室長 (30415830)
IWASAWA Miho 国立社会保障, 人口問題研究所・人口動向研究部, 第1室長 (50415832)
SAITO Osamu 一橋大学, 経済研究所, 名誉教授 (40051867)
TAKAHASHI Shigesato 明治大学, 政治経済学部, 教授 (00415829)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011-04-01 – 2014-03-31
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| Keywords | 人口 / 家族 / 親族 |
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| Research Abstract |
We studied population dynamisms processes known as the demographic transition (DT), both classic and so called second one, as well as its relationships with social and economic transformations. We defined population decline and aging in Japan as a historical regime named "post demographic transition phase," then systematically examined interrelationships between social, economic, and political developments and population changes in that regime. The end of population growth accompanied by aging is seen as an inevitable process following the DT. Japan is the leading country in this process with rapid and somewhat excessive changes. We focused on not only the macro phenomena at population level but also individual level changes in the life course such as longevity enhancement, transformation of marriage and childbearing, and increasing international migration. We found many distinctive features in the process of Japanese demographic transitions.
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