BACKGROUND East Asian societies have experienced rapid social changes, among which the extraordinary expansion of higher education for both women and men, rising economic inequality, and increasing labor market uncertainty should be particularly relevant to family changes. At the same time, gender inequality and traditional gender norms still prevail and shape family life in the region. The eight articles in this special collection share the common interest of how families in East Asia have evolved against a backdrop of growing economic inequality and persistent gender inequality - among other key forces affecting family life - across a variety of family-related outcomes: from singlehood, marriage intentions, and dating, through fertility, the time use of adolescents and parents with young children, and women's careers, to intergenerational coresidence and the life satisfaction of older parents. RESULTS Our eight studies look at connected but distinctive outcomes related to family life, and collectively demonstrate the relevance of increased labor market uncertainty and the continuing male breadwinner norm to emerging patterns of family behavior in East Asia. They illustrate specific ways in which East Asian families are shaped by the joint forces of economic inequality and gender inequality. CONTRIBUTION This volume highlights the complexity and heterogeneity of contemporary East Asian families, inviting family and demography researchers to conduct more studies on under-researched family behaviors such as cohabitation and nonmarital births and to revisit the conventional perception that family ties are strong and family support is readily available in East Asia.

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东亚家庭变迁与不平等专集介绍。

背景东亚社会经历了快速的社会变革，其中男女高等教育的急剧扩张、经济不平等的加剧以及劳动力市场不确定性的增加应该与家庭变化特别相关。与此同时，性别不平等和传统的性别规范仍然盛行，并影响着该地区的家庭生活。这个特别收藏中的八篇文章分享了东亚家庭如何在经济不平等和持续性别不平等的背景下演变的共同兴趣 - 以及影响家庭生活的其他关键力量 - 跨越各种与家庭相关的结果：从单身，结婚意向和约会，通过生育，青少年和有小孩的父母的时间使用以及女性的职业，代际同居和年长父母的生活满意度。结果 我们的八项研究着眼于与家庭生活相关但又各具特色的结果，并共同证明了劳动力市场不确定性增加和持续的男性养家糊口规范与东亚新兴家庭行为模式的相关性。它们说明了经济不平等和性别不平等的共同力量塑造东亚家庭的具体方式。贡献 这本书突出了当代东亚家庭的复杂性和异质性，