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In this broad area, IPS researches demographic trends, their implications, and the Singapore government’s response in terms of policy-making. Fields of study include the determinants and impact of fertility changes; the implications of age structure change; the ageing population; in-migration; and out-migration.
Singapore’s decreasing fertility level, ageing population, and the need to build strong family structures have been of particular concern to the government. Fertility has been declining and has remained below replacement-level for more than 30 years, while at the same time we are a society of increasing longevity. At the same time, more foreigners are living and working in the country on a permanent or temporary basis. These demographic trends have tremendous ramifications for Singapore families and society.
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KEY PROJECTS/PUBLICATIONS
Family Research Network (FRN)
Partner agency of the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS) since September 2008
Baby-Boomers Survey 
Chan, Angelique and Yap, Mui Teng. 2009. Survey commissioned by the Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports (MCYS)
Ultra-Low Fertility in Singapore: Some Observations
Yap Mui Teng, in Ultra-Low Fertility in Pacific Asia: Trends, Causes and Policy Dilemmas, edited by Gavin Jones, Paulin Tay-Straughan and Angelique Chan, London: Routledge (2009)
The Elderly Woman in Singapore: Her Role and Position
Yap Mui Teng, in The Elderly Woman in Asia: Her Role and Position, edited by Joseph Troisi and Ann Pawliczko, The International Institute on Ageing, United Nations-Malta (2008).
Singapore’s Response to an Ageing Population
Yap Mui Teng, in Ageing in Southeast and East Asia; Family, Social Protection and Policy Challenges, edited by Lee Hock Guan, Singapore: ISEAS (2008)
Singapore: Population Policies and Programs
Yap Mui Teng, in The Global Family Planning Revolution; Three Decades of Population Policies and Programs, edited by Warren C Robinson and John A Ross, Washington, DC: World Bank (2007)
Planning for an Ageing Population
Yap Mui Teng, in Teaching Social Studies: A Reader, edited by Wong Tai Chee et al., Singapore: Pearson/Prentice Hall (2005)
Fertility and Population Policy: The Singapore Experience
Yap Mui Teng, Journal of Population and Social Security: Population Study, Supplement to Volume 1, June 2003 (available here )
On Babies, Foreign Talent and Older People: The Great Balancing Act.
Yap Mui Teng, in Southeast Asian Affairs 2001. Singapore: Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2001
Low Fertility and Policy Response in Singapore
Yap Mui Teng, in Low Fertility and Policy Responses to Issues of Ageing and Welfare. Seoul: Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs & United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), 2000
Who is a Singaporean?
Yap Mui Teng, in SAIS Review, Vol. 20 No. 1, 2000
COF-IPS-MCDS Family Forum 2000
MCDS-IPS Conference on “Ageing in Singapore: Facing Challenges, Seizing Opportunities”, 1999
Adapting Existing Institutions to Meet the Needs of the Elderly
Yap Mui Teng, in Population Ageing; Challenges for Policies and Programmes in Developed and Developing Countries, edited by Robert Cliquet & Mohammed Nizamuddin. New York: UNFPA and Brussels: CBGS, 1999
The Age of the Aged
Yap Mui Teng & Phillip E.S. Tan, in Singapore: Re-engineering Success, edited by Arun Mahizhnan & Lee Tsao Yuan. Singapore: IPS & Oxford University Press, 1998
Housing a Healthy, Educated and Wealthy Nation through the CPF
Linda Low & Aw Tar Choon. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 1997
Changes in the Fertility Policy of Singapore
Saw Swee Hock. IPS Occasional Paper No. 2. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 1990
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