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Item type: Item , Ethnic differentials in early childhood mortality in Nepal(Honolulu, HI : East-West Population Institute, 1987) Choe, Minja Kim; Retherford, Robert D.; Thapa, Shyam; Gubhaju, Bhakta Bahadur.Item type: Item , Infant mortality estimates based on the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey(Honolulu, HI : East-West Population Institute, 1981) Retherford, Robert D.; Thapa, ShyamItem type: Item , Infant and child mortality in Nepal(Honolulu, HI : East-West Center, 1999) Luther, Norman Y.; Thapa, ShyamItem type: Item , Initiation of smoking, drinking, and drug-use among Filipino youths(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Choe, Minja Kim; Mejia-Raymundo, CorazonItem type: Item , On their own : effect of home- and school-leaving on Filipino adolescents' sexual initiation(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Laguna, Elma P.Item type: Item , Saving, wealth, and the demographic transition in East Asia(Honolulu: East-West Center, 1997) Lee, Ronald Demos; Mason, Andrew; Miller, TimothyThis paper assesses the extent to which demographic forces can explain the substantial increases in national saving rates in East Asia over the last few decades, under the strong assumption that saving is motivated by a desire to provide for consumption in retirement. Comparative, steady-state analysis shows that relatively low rates of saving should characterize either pre- or post-transition societies, but that post-transition societies have a much higher demand for wealth than do societies yet to have begun their demographic transition. A dynamic simulation model is used to analyze saving rates during the transition. Using detailed demographic and economic data based on the experience of Taiwan, we show that demographic factors may underlie a substantial portion of the rise in net national saving experienced in the region. Further, our model anticipates a rapid decline in saving as countries approach the end of their demographic transitions and achieve high levels of wealth.Item type: Item , Family influences on the lifestyle of Filipino youth(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Cruz, Grace T.; Laguna, Elma P.; Mejia-Raymundo, CorazonItem type: Item , Events information and the life course framework in young adult reproductive health (YARH) survey studies of adolescent risk(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , Materials for the demographic history of Southeast Asia(Honolulu: East-West Center, 1996) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , Early marriage and childbearing in Indonesia and Nepal(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Choe, Minja Kim; Thapa, Shyam; Achmad, Sulistinah IrawatiItem type: Item , Surveying adolescent sexuality : the Asian experience(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , An Asian comparative description of events in the transition to adulthood(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , The Youth tobacco epidemic in Asia(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Choe, Minja KimItem type: Item , Sex and marriage : how closely are they related in the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Choe, Minja KimItem type: Item , How can young adult reproductive health (YARH) surveys play a role in program design and evaluation?(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , Cross-national comparison and the importance of sub-groups within countries(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, PeterItem type: Item , Effect of education on premarital sex and marriage in Taiwan(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Choe, Minja Kim; Lin, HuishengItem type: Item , The risk of premarital sex among Thai youth : individual and family influences(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Chai Podhisita; Xenos, Peter; Anchalee VarangratItem type: Item , A comparative history of age-structure and social transitions among Asian youth(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2002) Xenos, Peter; Kabamalan, MideaThe youth expansion or youth bulge is an important political and policy issue in Asia as in other regions of the world, but the phenomenon is subject to a good deal of misunderstanding and misplaced emphasis. Taking the long view, this paper highlights the significant magnitude but temporary character of the youth bulge. A cross-national comparison shows Asian societies today in all stages of demographic and youth transitions. The authors argue that the absolute numbers of youth should take second place in policy deliberations to the more important element of social change and the changing social composition of the youth population. Recent Asian history has seen a unique confluence of demographic and social changes. Combining UN-estimated national population data for 1950 1990 with UN population projections through 2025 gives an historical perspective on the youth demographic transition in 17 Asian countries. The paper links these demographic data with reconstructions and projections of selected aspects of social transformation among youth over the same timespan. Analysis reveals a combination of a demographic youth bulge and a concurrent transformation in the social composition of youth that the authors label the "youth transition." This conujunction of demographic and social change is unique in history, as highlighted by contrast with European experience many decades earlier.Item type: Item , The national youth populations of Asia : long-term change in six countries(Honolulu: East-West Center, 2001) Xenos, Peter