"The aim of this paper is to analyze the patterns of demographic and economic transition by types of settlement and region [in Germany] between the period of 1980-1989 and that of 1989-1992.... In the second part of this study, I will explore the roles of state and civic forces (nonprofit) in the restructuring process of urban development in Germany since 1980. This part of the analyses [is] mainly based on literature, government documentation, and in-depth interviews." (EXCERPT)
"This paper argues that the settlement of affluent immigrants from Asia, especially those from the northeast region including Hong Kong and Taiwan, into traditionally high socio-economic, Anglo-dominated and culturally homogeneous dormitory suburbia [in Australia], has brought many dramatic changes. Particularly apparent is the case of Sunnybank in Australia's third largest city--Brisbane--where it was infused with consumer cosmopolitanism, accompanied by an increase in the intensity of commercial and recreational activities, and ultimately followed by a total transformation of the built environment." (EXCERPT)
"This study attempts to present demographic characteristics and to analyze factors, problems and policy implications of Chinese migration from Macau, Hong Kong and [the] Chinese Mainland to Taiwan in the last decade. Important demographic characteristics of migration covering the number, age, sex, educational and occupational composition are presented. Factors of migration include political, social, economic and policy aspects in Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong and [the] Chinese Mainland." (EXCERPT)
"This paper examines the relationship between the practice and the attitude toward elderly parents' support [in Taiwan]. Present living arrangements as well as types of economic support are used to indicate the actual experience of family support. Three various perspectives...regarding attitudes toward parental support are compared in order to delineate possible differences between general versus personal attitudes." (EXCERPT)
"It is shown that around one seventh of married women has experienced returning [to the] labor market. Among them, more than half did not move up or down relative to their former occupational status. In multiple covariate analyses, we found schooling is the most essential factor explaining the changes of occupational statuses." The authors analyze the determinants of women returning to the labor force after marriage and childbirth, using data from a 1993 survey in Taiwan. (EXCERPT)
