An Alternative Approach to Studying Thailand’s Fertility Intention
Keywords:
Fertility intention, Rational choice, Economic behavior, Social institutionsAbstract
The ageing population phenomenon is becoming a global conundrum. One solution to address this problem is to balance the national demographic structure by boosting a country’s total fertility. The traditional way of studying this issue is to adopt the rational choice and economic behavior approaches. However, the author is of the opinion that such approaches do not fit within Thailand’s context. Thus, the author argues that it would be more appropriate to utilize the Social Institution approach to study and shed light on Thailand’s fertility intention.
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