Wen-Shan Yang
Biographic Data
| ID | 3926622 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Wen-Shan Yang |
| GIVEN NAMES | Wen-Shan |
| FAMILY NAME | Yang |
| SIGNATURE | YANG W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Academia Sinica |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1994 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Determinants of Cohabitation in Taiwan
Cohabitation has become more common in communities that have experienced demographic transitions, including in Taiwan, and hence it has become a research interest. However, our understanding of cohabitation in Taiwan has been limited to indirect estimations and cross-sectional analysis due to the lack of appropriate data. These analyses can provide a quick overview of the prevalence of cohabitation at specific periods, but they cannot portray the…
A Longitudinal Historical Population Database in Asia. The Taiwanese Historical Household Registers Database (1906–1945)
For the past 35 years, the Taiwan Historical Household Registers Database (THHRD) has been significant for historical demographic research on Asia. In recent years, researchers have continued adding new demographic information to the database. This allows for the expansion of research on the topic of historical households in the region. However, there are still many issues to address in the field of Asian historical demography. This paper provide…
Happiness of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan
Drawing on data from the Survey of Foreign and Chinese Spouses’ Living Requirements in 2013, we probe the effects of economic and acculturative factors on psychological well-being, particularly happiness, of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan, while social demographic variables are controlled. In the economic aspect, while being employed negatively affects immigrant brides’ happiness, family income, as expected, is positively a…
Trends and Age-Period-Cohort Effects of Fertility Rate
Taiwan and a few Asian societies have had among the lowest fertility rates in the world for the past decade. Understanding the reasons behind the low fertility and designing policies accordingly to improve fertility has been a priority of governments in the region. It what follows we examine the low fertility rate in Taiwan by studying the trend of actual fertility rate and desired fertility rate in Taiwan using an age-period-cohort (APC) model. …
Changes and Trends in Family Structure in Taiwan, 1990 to 2010
Taiwan has experienced significant demographic changes since the late 20th century, including decreasing fertility rate, increasing life expectancy, postponement of marriage and childbearing, reduced marriage rate, and rise in divorce. These demographic trends are likely to change the family structure. The objective of this article is to describe and summarize the changes in family structure between 1990 and 2010 in Taiwan using the Population an…
Kin and birth order effects on male child mortality
Human child survival depends on adult investment, typically from parents. However, in spite of recent research advances on kin influence and birth order effects on human infant and child mortality, studies that directly examine the interaction of kin context and birth order on sibling differences in child mortality are still rare. Our study supplements this literature with new findings from large-scale individual-level panel data for three East A…
New Sources for Comparative Social Science
Comparison and comparability lie at the heart of any comparative social science. Still, precise comparison is virtually impossible without using similar methods and similar data. In recent decades, social demographers, historians, and economic historians have compiled and made available a large number of micro-level data sets of historical populations for North America and Europe. Studies using these data have already made important contributions…
Another Marriage Choice
This study utilizes the Taiwan colonial household registration data to study the cause of uxorilocal marriage in Taiwan during the period of Japanese colonial rule and, simultaneously, to compare the prevalence of uxorilocal marriage in urban (Taipei) and rural (XinChu) communities. The socioeconomic status of the bride and groom’s family, and ethnic and urban–rural differences are the main issues in this research. In addition, the viewpoints of …
A Comparative Study of Marital Dissolution in East Asian Societies
Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration
Introduction - 16[-]2. Marriage Migration to East Asia - 32[-]3. Feminization of Immigration in Japan - 50[-]4. Examining Cross-border Marriage in Hong Kong: 1998-2005 - 88[-]5. Minority Group Status and Fertility - 104[-]6. The Rise of Cross-border Marriage and Divorce in Contemporary Korea - 128[-]7. Vietnamese-Taiwanese Marriages - 158[-]8. Cross-border Marriages - 180[-]9. Foreign Spouses' Acculturation in Taiwan - 202[-]10. Transnational Fam…
More than lost in translation? An exploratory study of social workers’ experiences working with Vietnamese wives in Taiwan
This article identifies the cultural differences and language barriers faced by Taiwanese social workers when working with families of cross-border marriages, and discusses the importance of adopting a multicultural approach in social work practice in order to cater to the urgent needs of an increasingly culturally diverse society
Utilization of well-baby care visits provided by Taiwan's National Health Insurance Program
Gender differences in postneonatal infant mortality in Taiwan
Urban-rural and regional differences in infant mortality in Taiwan
A Comparative Study of Marital Dissolution in East Asian Societies
New Sources for Comparative Social Science
Comparison and comparability lie at the heart of any comparative social science. Still, precise comparison is virtually impossible without using similar methods and similar data. In recent decades, social demographers, historians, and economic historians have compiled and made available a large number of micro-level data sets of historical populations for North America and Europe. Studies using these data have already made important contributions…
Urban-rural and regional differences in infant mortality in Taiwan
Happiness of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan
Drawing on data from the Survey of Foreign and Chinese Spouses’ Living Requirements in 2013, we probe the effects of economic and acculturative factors on psychological well-being, particularly happiness, of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan, while social demographic variables are controlled. In the economic aspect, while being employed negatively affects immigrant brides’ happiness, family income, as expected, is positively a…
Gender differences in postneonatal infant mortality in Taiwan
Changes and Trends in Family Structure in Taiwan, 1990 to 2010
Taiwan has experienced significant demographic changes since the late 20th century, including decreasing fertility rate, increasing life expectancy, postponement of marriage and childbearing, reduced marriage rate, and rise in divorce. These demographic trends are likely to change the family structure. The objective of this article is to describe and summarize the changes in family structure between 1990 and 2010 in Taiwan using the Population an…
More than lost in translation? An exploratory study of social workers’ experiences working with Vietnamese wives in Taiwan
This article identifies the cultural differences and language barriers faced by Taiwanese social workers when working with families of cross-border marriages, and discusses the importance of adopting a multicultural approach in social work practice in order to cater to the urgent needs of an increasingly culturally diverse society
Urban-rural and regional differences in infant mortality in Taiwan
Gender differences in postneonatal infant mortality in Taiwan
Utilization of well-baby care visits provided by Taiwan's National Health Insurance Program
Asian Cross-border Marriage Migration
Introduction - 16[-]2. Marriage Migration to East Asia - 32[-]3. Feminization of Immigration in Japan - 50[-]4. Examining Cross-border Marriage in Hong Kong: 1998-2005 - 88[-]5. Minority Group Status and Fertility - 104[-]6. The Rise of Cross-border Marriage and Divorce in Contemporary Korea - 128[-]7. Vietnamese-Taiwanese Marriages - 158[-]8. Cross-border Marriages - 180[-]9. Foreign Spouses' Acculturation in Taiwan - 202[-]10. Transnational Fam…
More than lost in translation? An exploratory study of social workers’ experiences working with Vietnamese wives in Taiwan
This article identifies the cultural differences and language barriers faced by Taiwanese social workers when working with families of cross-border marriages, and discusses the importance of adopting a multicultural approach in social work practice in order to cater to the urgent needs of an increasingly culturally diverse society
A Comparative Study of Marital Dissolution in East Asian Societies
Another Marriage Choice
This study utilizes the Taiwan colonial household registration data to study the cause of uxorilocal marriage in Taiwan during the period of Japanese colonial rule and, simultaneously, to compare the prevalence of uxorilocal marriage in urban (Taipei) and rural (XinChu) communities. The socioeconomic status of the bride and groom’s family, and ethnic and urban–rural differences are the main issues in this research. In addition, the viewpoints of …
New Sources for Comparative Social Science
Comparison and comparability lie at the heart of any comparative social science. Still, precise comparison is virtually impossible without using similar methods and similar data. In recent decades, social demographers, historians, and economic historians have compiled and made available a large number of micro-level data sets of historical populations for North America and Europe. Studies using these data have already made important contributions…
Kin and birth order effects on male child mortality
Human child survival depends on adult investment, typically from parents. However, in spite of recent research advances on kin influence and birth order effects on human infant and child mortality, studies that directly examine the interaction of kin context and birth order on sibling differences in child mortality are still rare. Our study supplements this literature with new findings from large-scale individual-level panel data for three East A…
Trends and Age-Period-Cohort Effects of Fertility Rate
Taiwan and a few Asian societies have had among the lowest fertility rates in the world for the past decade. Understanding the reasons behind the low fertility and designing policies accordingly to improve fertility has been a priority of governments in the region. It what follows we examine the low fertility rate in Taiwan by studying the trend of actual fertility rate and desired fertility rate in Taiwan using an age-period-cohort (APC) model. …
Changes and Trends in Family Structure in Taiwan, 1990 to 2010
Taiwan has experienced significant demographic changes since the late 20th century, including decreasing fertility rate, increasing life expectancy, postponement of marriage and childbearing, reduced marriage rate, and rise in divorce. These demographic trends are likely to change the family structure. The objective of this article is to describe and summarize the changes in family structure between 1990 and 2010 in Taiwan using the Population an…
A Longitudinal Historical Population Database in Asia. The Taiwanese Historical Household Registers Database (1906–1945)
For the past 35 years, the Taiwan Historical Household Registers Database (THHRD) has been significant for historical demographic research on Asia. In recent years, researchers have continued adding new demographic information to the database. This allows for the expansion of research on the topic of historical households in the region. However, there are still many issues to address in the field of Asian historical demography. This paper provide…
Happiness of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan
Drawing on data from the Survey of Foreign and Chinese Spouses’ Living Requirements in 2013, we probe the effects of economic and acculturative factors on psychological well-being, particularly happiness, of female immigrants in cross-border marriages in Taiwan, while social demographic variables are controlled. In the economic aspect, while being employed negatively affects immigrant brides’ happiness, family income, as expected, is positively a…
Determinants of Cohabitation in Taiwan
Cohabitation has become more common in communities that have experienced demographic transitions, including in Taiwan, and hence it has become a research interest. However, our understanding of cohabitation in Taiwan has been limited to indirect estimations and cross-sectional analysis due to the lack of appropriate data. These analyses can provide a quick overview of the prevalence of cohabitation at specific periods, but they cannot portray the…
Demography (11 works) · Geography (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Population (8 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (7 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Demographic economics (4 works)