Yap Mui Teng

CURRENT POSITION	Short CV
Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Research Fellow, Institute of Policy Studies, 1989-1992 Statistician, Population Planning Unit, Ministry of Health, 1987-1989 Research Fellow, East-West Population Institute, East-West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, 1985-1987 Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii, 1980-1983 Statistician, Research and Evaluation Unit, Singapore Family Planning and Population Board, 1975-1979
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Social Sciences (Class II Upper Honours in Sociology), University of Singapore, 1975; Population Studies Certificate, University of Hawaii, 1980; MA in Sociology (specialising in Population Studies), University of Hawaii, 1980; PhD in Sociology, University of Hawaii, 1985.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Demographic Trends and Population Policies: Singapore’s Demographic Trends and related local and international policies Ageing Issues: Implications of an Ageing Population, policies on the Care of the Elderly Migration Issues: In-migration, Out-migration and related policies Others, including Manpower, Poverty, and Social Policies
MAJOR PROJECTS
Study on Emigrants from Singapore Study on the Employment of Foreign Domestic Workers Study on Marriage and Procreation
RESEARCH OUTPUT
Books/Reports:
Singapore Perspectives 2003 Yap Mui Teng, ed. Singapore: Eastern Universities Press, 2003 Employment Insurance: A Safety Net for the Unemployed Yap Mui Teng, in Remaking Singapore : Recommendations from the Institute of Policy Studies. Web publication: http://www.ips.org.sg/pub/rsc/IPS_YAP.pdf, 2002 Perspectives 2001 Yap Mui Teng, ed. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 2001 Singapore: The Year in Review 1994 Yap Mui Teng, ed. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 1994 Singaporeans Overseas: A Study of Emigrants in Australia and Canada Yap Mui Teng. IPS Report Series, No. 3, 1991
*Book Chapters/Journal Articles:*
Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in Singapore Yap Mui Teng, in Poverty Monitoring and Alleviation in Asia, edited by K.L. Tang & C.K. Wong. New York: Nova Publications (forthcoming) Population Ageing in the ASEAN Countries Yap Mui Teng, in Bold (quarterly journal of the International Institute on Ageing), United Nations - Malta, Vol. 12 No. 2, 2002 Bridging the Intergenerational Divide Yap Mui Teng, in Perspectives 2001, edited by Yap Mui Teng. Singapore: Times Academic Press for IPS, 2001 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 Labour Migration and the Role of the Media Yap Mui Teng in Asian Migrant Vol.13 No. 3, Jul - Sep, 2000 Who is a Singaporean? Yap Mui Teng, in SAIS Review Vol. 20 No. 1, 2000 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 The Singapore State’s Response to Migration Yap Mui Teng, in Sojourn, Vol. 14 No. 1, Apr 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 & Brussels: DBGS, 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 Singapore’s New Population Policy: The First Five Years Yap Mui Teng, in Asia-Pacific Population Journal, Vol. 10 No. 4, 1995 Brain Drain or Links to the World: Views on Emigrants from Singapore. Yap Mui Teng, in Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, Vol. 3 No. 2 - 3, 1994
Others:
Fertility and Population Policy: the Singapore Experience Yap Mui Teng, presented at the Mini-Workshop on Low Fertility and Policy Responses in Asia: Cases of Korea and Singapore. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan, 19 Nov 2002 Management of Labour Migration in Singapore Yap Mui Teng, presented at the Foreign Scholar Lecture Series, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, Tokyo, Japan, 13 Nov 2002 Changing Trends and Needs of Elderly – Economic Perspective Yap Mui Teng, presented at the Pre-Course Seminar on "Changing Profile of the Elderly", Singapore, 26 Aug 2002, organised by the International Institute on Ageing, UN - Malta & the Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE) Population Policies and Fertility: The Singapore Experience Yap Mui Teng, presented at the International Workshop on Fertility Decline, Below Replacement Fertility and the Family in Asia: Prospects, Consequences and Policies, Singapore, 10 - 12 Apr 2002, organised by the Asian MetaCentre for Population and Sustainable Development Analysis & the Family Studies Research Programme, National University of Singapore The Management of Labour Migration in Singapore Yap Mui Teng, presented at the ASEM Asia-Europe Dialogue on Globalisation and International Migration, "The Globalisation of International Migration: Asian and European Experiences", Paris, 11 - 12 Mar 2002 Ageing: ASEAN Perspective Yap Mui Teng, presented at the ASEAN Gerontology Course, (Second and Third Courses), Singapore, 10 Sep 2001 & 26 Aug 2002, organised by the International Institute on Ageing, UN - Malta & the Singapore Action Group of Elders (SAGE) Income Maintenance and Security in Old Age Yap Mui Teng, presented at the ESCAP Regional Workshop on Strengthening National Policies on Ageing and Follow-Up to the Macau Plan of Action on Ageing, Manila, Philippines, 16 - 18 Jul 2001
OTHER ACTIVITIES
Deputy Group Leader, Working Group on Process and Impact of Structural Changes on Singapore Economy, IPS Forum on Economic Restructuring, Jan - Dec 2002 Resource Person, Southwest Community Development Council, Nov 2001 - Nov 2004 Member, Steering Committee, Domestic Services 21, Ministry of Manpower and Ministry of Community Development and Sports, 2000 - Apr 2002 Chairman, Feedback Group on Elderly Development, 1999 - 2002 Resource Person, Workgroup on Cohesion and Conflict in an Ageing Society, Inter-Ministerial Committee on the Ageing Population, Apr - Nov 1999 Member, Census Technical Advisory Committee, Department of Statistics, 1998 - 2000 Country Representative, Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network (APMRN), 1996 -1999 Member, Committee on the Aged, 1996 - 1998 Member, National Advisory Council on Family and the Aged (NACFA), 1996 -1998 President, East-West Center Alumni Association of Singapore, 1995 -1999