Gender Imbalances and the Twisted Marriage Market in Taiwan

Wen Shan Yang () and Ying-ying Tiffany Liu
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Wen Shan Yang: Academia Sinica, Institute of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Ying-ying Tiffany Liu: Carleton University, Department of Sociology and Anthropology

Chapter Chapter 7 in The Family and Social Change in Chinese Societies, 2014, pp 117-130 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In recent years there has been a great deal of news coverage on “foreign brides” and “China brides” in the Taiwanese media outlets. The news stories have described recent trends in interethnic marriages in Taiwan. “Foreign brides,” their husbands, and their children now make up an important family form in Taiwan. The growing proportion of female marriage immigrants could well result in societal changes in Taiwan. The phenomenon of “foreign brides” also has an important demographic implication, namely, their numbers can increase two important parts of the population balance equation: the fertility rate, and the number of immigrants.

Keywords: Marriage Market; Marriage Rate; Taipei City; Marriage Partner; Population Balance Equation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7445-2_7

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