Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia

Chapter 1 Economic Stress, Human Capital, and Families in Asia: Research and Policy Challenges

Chapter 2 Global Financial Crisis and Economic and Social Challenges for Asia and the Pacific

Chapter 3 The Impact of the Economic Crisis on Children in East Asia and the Pacific: A UNICEF Perspective (2009–2010)

Chapter 4 The Long Reach of Early Childhood Poverty

Chapter 5 The 1997 Economic Crisis, Changes in the Pattern of Achieved Fertility and Ideal Number of Children in Korea

Chapter 6 Abandoned or Abandoning Men: Economic Stress, Gender Relations, and Migration of Filipinas to Singapore

Chapter 7 Economic Insecurity and Husband-to-Wife Physical Assault in Hong Kong: The Role of Husband’s Power Motive

Chapter 8 Economic Stress and Health Among Rural Chinese Elderly

Chapter 9 Poverty, Perceived Economic Strain, and Psychological Distress Among Thai Older Adults

Chapter 10 Social Networks and Reduction of Risk in Disasters: An Example of the Wenchuan Earthquake

Chapter 11 Human and Social Capital Dynamics in Economic Crises: The Impact on Poor Chinese Migrant Children in Hong Kong During the Far East Economic Crisis

Chapter 12 Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs): A Child Policy Strategy in Asia

Chapter 13 The Impact of Economic Crises on Health: Past Evidence and Policy Implications for Asia

Chapter 14 Policy Responses in an Unstable Globalized Economy: Multi-stressed Low-Earning Families in Singapore

Chapter 15 Conclusion and Policy Implications