Poh Lin Tan
Biographic Data
| ID | 370187 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Poh Lin Tan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Poh Lin |
| FAMILY NAME | Tan |
| SIGNATURE | TAN P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | National University of Singapore |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4303-6041 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Depth or diversity? Examining the longer run impacts of college curriculum breadth
Changes in Working Women's Self-Reported Subjective Wellbeing and Quality of Interpersonal Relationships During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected working women's well-being in different ways due to contrasting national responses. This article focuses on the specific context of Singapore, which implemented differentiated rules for workers: essential workers continued to report to workplaces, while non-essential workers were required to work from home. This policy had far-reaching implications for working women, who are more likely than husbands to juggle p…
Epidemics, pandemics and fertility change
Using longitudinal surveys on married Singaporean women of childbearing ages, we compared self-reported changes to fertility plans among 407 and 345 respondents after the 2016–2017 Zika and 2020 COVID-19 outbreaks, respectively. Zika associated with intentions to delay but not reduce childbearing, while COVID-19 was associated with both. Some women reported accelerating and increasing childbearing during COVID-19, with more intending to bring for…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Gender Inequalities in Time Spent on Paid and Unpaid Work in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected gender inequalities in time spent on paid and unpaid work globally. Few studies outside of the Western context (i.e., countries in Australasia, Europe, or the Americas) have used longitudinal data to compare time use before and during the pandemic, focused on potential mechanisms through which the pandemic affects gender inequalities in time use, or examined the heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic status. We …
Managing ever-rising ages at childbearing in low fertility Asia
Asian Population Studies
Access to Ovulation Tests and Strategic Timing of Intercourse in a Low Fertility Context
Too close for comfort? Impact of pandemic residential environment on women’s life satisfaction and spousal relationships
Few studies have examined the role of residential conditions during different phases of the pandemic on life satisfaction and spousal relationships. Using survey data on 440 married women collected before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Singapore, this article tests the hypothesis that residential crowding, co-residence with children or parents/in-laws and lack of access to private open, green spaces during the lockdown are associated …
Weathering the Storm
The massive socioeconomic changes wrought by COVID-19 have disrupted multiple aspects of family life. However, evidence is still lacking on the sustained long-term impact of the pandemic and how families are adapting to this new normal. This article studies changes in women's family relationships against the backdrop of evolving COVID-19 public health responses, and investigates the adverse effects of working from home, income loss, and anxiety a…
Sibling Spillovers
This paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among students from different family backgrounds in elementary and middle school. Family backgrounds are captured by race, household structure, mothers' educational attainment, and school poverty. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age created by North Carolina school-entry laws, we adopt a quasi-experimental approach and compare test scores of public school students whose older sibl…
Residence in infected neighborhoods and fertility decline during the Zika epidemic in Singapore
Ideal and actual intervals to first birth in Singapore
Postponement of first births is a key cause of declining fertility rates, especially in East Asia where recovery from delayed childbearing has been weak. This paper investigates achievement of ideal ages at marriage and first birth in Singapore using survey data on 657 married women aged 25–34. Almost 50 per cent marry within one year of their ideal age, but less than 30 per cent have their first child within six months of their ideal interval to…
Stress, Fatigue, and Sexual Spontaneity Among Married Couples in a High-Stress Society
Fortunes of Dragons
This paper examines the long-term effects of birth cohort size on life outcomes. Using administrative data from Singapore, we study the outcomes of large birth cohorts created by the Chinese superstitious practice of zodiac birth timing, where parents prefer to give birth in the year of the Dragon. This practice is followed exclusively by the Chinese majority, with no similar patterns detected among non-Chinese minorities, allowing us to differen…
Dual Burdens of Care
Intergenerational transfers of care play a major role in elderly support in East Asia but take a toll on the well-being of married women
The impact of school entry laws on female education and teenage fertility
A Case for “Reverse One-Child” Policies in Japan and South Korea? Examining the Link Between Education Costs and Lowest-Low Fertility
A Case for “Reverse One-Child” Policies in Japan and South Korea? Examining the Link Between Education Costs and Lowest-Low Fertility
Dual Burdens of Care
Intergenerational transfers of care play a major role in elderly support in East Asia but take a toll on the well-being of married women
Sibling Spillovers
This paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among students from different family backgrounds in elementary and middle school. Family backgrounds are captured by race, household structure, mothers' educational attainment, and school poverty. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age created by North Carolina school-entry laws, we adopt a quasi-experimental approach and compare test scores of public school students whose older sibl…
Stress, Fatigue, and Sexual Spontaneity Among Married Couples in a High-Stress Society
Fortunes of Dragons
This paper examines the long-term effects of birth cohort size on life outcomes. Using administrative data from Singapore, we study the outcomes of large birth cohorts created by the Chinese superstitious practice of zodiac birth timing, where parents prefer to give birth in the year of the Dragon. This practice is followed exclusively by the Chinese majority, with no similar patterns detected among non-Chinese minorities, allowing us to differen…
The impact of school entry laws on female education and teenage fertility
Impacts of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Gender Inequalities in Time Spent on Paid and Unpaid Work in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected gender inequalities in time spent on paid and unpaid work globally. Few studies outside of the Western context (i.e., countries in Australasia, Europe, or the Americas) have used longitudinal data to compare time use before and during the pandemic, focused on potential mechanisms through which the pandemic affects gender inequalities in time use, or examined the heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic status. We …
Too close for comfort? Impact of pandemic residential environment on women’s life satisfaction and spousal relationships
Few studies have examined the role of residential conditions during different phases of the pandemic on life satisfaction and spousal relationships. Using survey data on 440 married women collected before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Singapore, this article tests the hypothesis that residential crowding, co-residence with children or parents/in-laws and lack of access to private open, green spaces during the lockdown are associated …
Weathering the Storm
The massive socioeconomic changes wrought by COVID-19 have disrupted multiple aspects of family life. However, evidence is still lacking on the sustained long-term impact of the pandemic and how families are adapting to this new normal. This article studies changes in women's family relationships against the backdrop of evolving COVID-19 public health responses, and investigates the adverse effects of working from home, income loss, and anxiety a…
Ideal and actual intervals to first birth in Singapore
Postponement of first births is a key cause of declining fertility rates, especially in East Asia where recovery from delayed childbearing has been weak. This paper investigates achievement of ideal ages at marriage and first birth in Singapore using survey data on 657 married women aged 25–34. Almost 50 per cent marry within one year of their ideal age, but less than 30 per cent have their first child within six months of their ideal interval to…
The impact of school entry laws on female education and teenage fertility
A Case for “Reverse One-Child” Policies in Japan and South Korea? Examining the Link Between Education Costs and Lowest-Low Fertility
Dual Burdens of Care
Intergenerational transfers of care play a major role in elderly support in East Asia but take a toll on the well-being of married women
Ideal and actual intervals to first birth in Singapore
Postponement of first births is a key cause of declining fertility rates, especially in East Asia where recovery from delayed childbearing has been weak. This paper investigates achievement of ideal ages at marriage and first birth in Singapore using survey data on 657 married women aged 25–34. Almost 50 per cent marry within one year of their ideal age, but less than 30 per cent have their first child within six months of their ideal interval to…
Stress, Fatigue, and Sexual Spontaneity Among Married Couples in a High-Stress Society
Fortunes of Dragons
This paper examines the long-term effects of birth cohort size on life outcomes. Using administrative data from Singapore, we study the outcomes of large birth cohorts created by the Chinese superstitious practice of zodiac birth timing, where parents prefer to give birth in the year of the Dragon. This practice is followed exclusively by the Chinese majority, with no similar patterns detected among non-Chinese minorities, allowing us to differen…
Residence in infected neighborhoods and fertility decline during the Zika epidemic in Singapore
Managing ever-rising ages at childbearing in low fertility Asia
Asian Population Studies
Access to Ovulation Tests and Strategic Timing of Intercourse in a Low Fertility Context
Too close for comfort? Impact of pandemic residential environment on women’s life satisfaction and spousal relationships
Few studies have examined the role of residential conditions during different phases of the pandemic on life satisfaction and spousal relationships. Using survey data on 440 married women collected before, during and after the COVID-19 lockdown in Singapore, this article tests the hypothesis that residential crowding, co-residence with children or parents/in-laws and lack of access to private open, green spaces during the lockdown are associated …
Weathering the Storm
The massive socioeconomic changes wrought by COVID-19 have disrupted multiple aspects of family life. However, evidence is still lacking on the sustained long-term impact of the pandemic and how families are adapting to this new normal. This article studies changes in women's family relationships against the backdrop of evolving COVID-19 public health responses, and investigates the adverse effects of working from home, income loss, and anxiety a…
Sibling Spillovers
This paper examines causal sibling spillover effects among students from different family backgrounds in elementary and middle school. Family backgrounds are captured by race, household structure, mothers' educational attainment, and school poverty. Exploiting discontinuities in school starting age created by North Carolina school-entry laws, we adopt a quasi-experimental approach and compare test scores of public school students whose older sibl…
Epidemics, pandemics and fertility change
Using longitudinal surveys on married Singaporean women of childbearing ages, we compared self-reported changes to fertility plans among 407 and 345 respondents after the 2016–2017 Zika and 2020 COVID-19 outbreaks, respectively. Zika associated with intentions to delay but not reduce childbearing, while COVID-19 was associated with both. Some women reported accelerating and increasing childbearing during COVID-19, with more intending to bring for…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Lockdown on Gender Inequalities in Time Spent on Paid and Unpaid Work in Singapore
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected gender inequalities in time spent on paid and unpaid work globally. Few studies outside of the Western context (i.e., countries in Australasia, Europe, or the Americas) have used longitudinal data to compare time use before and during the pandemic, focused on potential mechanisms through which the pandemic affects gender inequalities in time use, or examined the heterogeneous effects of socioeconomic status. We …
Depth or diversity? Examining the longer run impacts of college curriculum breadth
Changes in Working Women's Self-Reported Subjective Wellbeing and Quality of Interpersonal Relationships During Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected working women's well-being in different ways due to contrasting national responses. This article focuses on the specific context of Singapore, which implemented differentiated rules for workers: essential workers continued to report to workplaces, while non-essential workers were required to work from home. This policy had far-reaching implications for working women, who are more likely than husbands to juggle p…
Sociology (13 works) · Demography (12 works) · Economics (11 works) · Demographic economics (10 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Population (10 works) · Demography (8 works) · Fertility (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (6 works)