Ming-Chang Tsai & Chin-Chun Yi 
Journey to Adulthood [PDF ebook] 
East Asian Perspectives

Young people in East Asia are increasingly experiencing a prolonged transition to adulthood. They are spending longer in school, entering the labour market later, and getting married later still.



This protracted young adulthood interacts with forces of both tradition and modernization, as social and economic changes generate profound effects on the transition from school to work, on family formation, on personal relationships, and on subjective well-being.




Journey to Adulthood explores the special characteristics of young adulthood in East Asia. It uses Taiwan as illustrative example, with comparative findings from its East Asian neighbours Japan, Korea and Hong Kong.



It describes the particular growth context of a millennial generation, and the challenges they face as they attempt to balance family formation, personal development and entry into a market economy.



Edited by
Chin-Chun Yi and
Ming-Chang Tsai, this collection helps us to understand the structural configurations East Asian young adults collectively represent. Taking a cross-cultural and comparative perspective, it enables meaningful policy suggestions on family dynamics, educational strategy, and health and well-being across the globe.



Dr Chin-Chun Yi and Dr Ming-Chang Tsai both work within the Institute of Sociology, Research Center for Humanities and Social Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taiwan

Table des matières

Transition to Adulthood in East Asia: Introduction – Chin-Chun Yi and Ming-Chang Tsai

Marriage Intention and the Subsequent Marriage in Taiwan – Chia-Hua Liu

Marrying Early or Remaining Single in Taiwan: The Choice of Young Adults – Chin-Chun Yi

Education-to-work Transitions and Youth’s Psychological Well-being – Michael Gebel

Landing a Middle-Class Position: College Degree, Occupational Status and Income of Young Adults in Taiwan – Ming-Chang Tsai

Domestic Labor Involvement of Young Taiwanese Couples in Different Partnership and Parenthood Statuses – Tsui-o Tai, Yi-Fu Chen and Hsien-Chih Tu

Does Having a Grandchild Strengthen Intergenerational Solidarity? Financial, Instrumental, and Emotional Support Exchanges in Taiwan – Yi-Ping Shih

Childcare Arrangements Among Young Parents in Taiwan – Wan-chi Chen and Hao-Chun Cheng

Parent-child Relationships from Adolescence to Early Adulthood: The Role of Conceptions of Adulthood – Ju-Ping, Lin, Chia-Wen, Yu and Chiu-Hua, Huang

Norms and Relations: Developmental Self-Esteem Trajectory and Its Determinants from Adolescence to Adulthood – Yuh-Huey Jou

Early Delinquency Trajectory and Developmental Outcomes in Adulthood: Findings from the Taiwan Youth Project – Yi-fu Chen and Chyi-In Wu

School-to-Work Transition among High School Students in Japan: School-mediated System and Labor Market Outcomes – Hiroshi Ishida

No More Gender Gaps? Gendered Employment Patterns of Young College Graduates in South Korea since 2000 – Min Young Song and Ki-Soo Eun

Who Rises Higher in First Job Attainment? Trends and Patterns of School-to-Work Transition in Hong Kong – Xiaogang Wu and Maocan Guo

A propos de l’auteur

Chin-Chun Yi is a distinguished research fellow at the Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan.  Dr. Yi’s recent research interests are changing families in Chinese and East Asian societies and the growth trajectories of youth from early adolescence to young adulthood.  She has served as the principal investigator of research projects in family and youth studies, and leads the team composed of researchers of different ranks.  Chin-Chun Yi has been an active member of the ISA since 1990, and is the current president of RC06 (2014-2018) as well as the ISA executive committee member of Research Council (2010-2014-2018). She also has numerous experiences with editorial work including serving in the editorial board of Journal of Comparative Family Studies, International Sociology, The Sociological Quarterly, Sociological Inquiry, Sociology or as the guest editor for Journal of Family Issue, Current Sociology. Among the edited books, Dr. Yi has published “The Psychological Well-being of East Asian Youth” (Springer, 2013); “Family and Marriage: Taiwan Social Change from 1985-2005” (co-edited with Y.H. Chang, in Chinese, Academia Sinica, 2012); “Changing Female’s Family Status in Chinese Societies: A Comparison among Taiwan, Tianjin, Shanghai and Hong Kong” (Co-edited with Y. H. Chen, in Chinese, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, 2006).  She also led and edited special issues in English academic journals on youth and family over the last two decades.