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Introduction: the Value of Children and Social Transformations in Asia

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  • Xiaorong Gu

    (National University of Singapore)

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In this introductory article, I provide an overview of the genesis for the special subsection, situate it in the existing Value of Children literature and highlight major contributions of papers in this collection. The articles contribute to existing scholarship in at least three ways. First, they expand the concept of the value of children by incorporating new value dimensions and new mechanisms that shape child values in contemporary Asia. Second, this collection advances a broader research agenda beyond demography by linking it with mainstream sociological inquiries, including family changes and fertility trends, intergenerational relationships, parenting, gender dynamics and social stratification. Finally, the articles reveal heterogeneous, hybrid and complex patterns of value changes and their social impact rooted in historically and culturally specific trajectories of modernization in different contexts, thus challenging the dominant discourse of a linear economic-emotional value progression in existing literature.

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  • Xiaorong Gu, 2021. "Introduction: the Value of Children and Social Transformations in Asia," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(2), pages 477-486, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:chinre:v:14:y:2021:i:2:d:10.1007_s12187-021-09806-3
    DOI: 10.1007/s12187-021-09806-3
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    7. Xiaorong Gu, 2021. "Parenting for Success: The Value of Children and Intensive Parenting in Post-Reform China," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(2), pages 555-581, April.
    8. Li-Chung Hu & Yi-Lin Chiang, 2021. "Having Children in a Time of Lowest-Low Fertility: Value of Children, Sex Preference and Fertility Desire among Taiwanese Young Adults," Child Indicators Research, Springer;The International Society of Child Indicators (ISCI), vol. 14(2), pages 537-554, April.
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