| Workshop / date | Contents | Lecturer | Hours |
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| Plenary Lecture (Jul. 24) * English lecture |
<Trajectory and Prospects of Low Fertility in Japan: Patterns, Factors, and Implications > This lecture examines the trends, patterns, and factors of fertility decline to very low levels in Japan. It also looks at the future demographic prospects and policy implications of sustained low fertility in the country. While there are other countries and economies in Asia that have experienced or have been experiencing very low fertility, being the forerunner of the second demographic transition in the region, Japan offers interesting insights about the processes and mechanisms that give rise to low fertility. It also hopefully offers clues to the future policy and societal efforts to respond to very low fertility elsewhere in Asia. In this lecture, we first look at the trends and age patterns of Japan’s fertility, followed by changes in two direct demographic factors of fertility—the age patterns of women’s (and men’s) marriage and marital fertility. With little childbearing outside marriage, changes in marriage behavior and childbearing within marriage account for Japan’s fertility declines to well below-replacement levels. The lecture then turns to the social and economic factors likely associated with fertility and marriage behavior changes, including education, employment, and gender relations at home. We next look at the future prospects of Japan’s demographic changes associated with low fertility, including population aging and decline, based on the latest official population projections. The lecture concludes with discussions of policy implications. *Simultaneous translation (English↔Korean) will be provided for on-site participants |
Noriko Tsuya (Keio University) 노리코 츠야 교수 (게이오대학교) |
2 |
| Workshop 1 (Jul. 24 – Jul. 28) * English lecture |
<Introduction to Demography with R > This workshop introduces basic demographic concepts and data. Participants will learn to “think like a demographer." We will cover fundamental ideas about age, time, intensity, change, composition, comparisons, and projection in the field of demography. All concepts will be illustrated using worked examples in the R language. We will use a “tidy” and reproducible programming paradigm, with an emphasis on visualizing results. No prior programming experience is required. The workshop includes five sessions:
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Tim Riffe (University of the Basque Country) 팀 라이프 교수 (바스크대학교) |
25 |
| Workshop 2 (Jul. 31 - Aug. 4) * English lecture |
<Standardization and Decomposition> Decomposition methods are at the heart of demographic analysis and unifying standardization procedures. The principal of decomposition is to separate comparisons in demographic measures into components that contribute to an understanding of the phenomena under study. Participants of this workshop will learn these fundamental tools for comparing populations. The workshop includes both lectures with presentation of the methods and hands-on exercise using R and demographic data. *Requirements
*Sessions In the course we will study :
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Vladimir Canudas-Romo (Australian National University) 블라디미르 카누다스 로모 교수 (호주국립대학교) |
25 |
| Workshop 3 (Aug. 7 - Aug. 10) * English lecture |
<Fertility and Family> In this workshop we will explore how families and relationships are changing in the 21st Century, with a focus on what these changes mean for fertility. With large numbers of countries experiencing declines in fertility rates, some to very low levels, this workshop will consider whether this presents a crisis or opportunities. The workshop will explore methods for measuring fertility, including assessing their strengths and limitations. Participants will learn how to calculate different measures of fertility and explain how they can be used to understand changes in fertility. For these calculations, we will use Excel for demonstration. Finally, the workshop will discuss a range of different fertility and family policies that have been implemented, covering policies with a specific aim to reduce fertility, through to multidimensional policies which aim to address challenges affecting families. No prior knowledge is assumed for this workshop. *Sessions
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Edith Gray (Australian National University) 에디스 그레이 교수 (호주국립대학교) |
8 |
