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How will falling fertility rates hurt the economy? With Melissa Kearney

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Melissa Kearney, a Notre Dame-i egyetem professzora és az Aspen Economic Strategy Group igazgatója arról beszél, hogy a fejlett országokban tapasztalható alacsony termékenységi ráta milyen gazdasági következményekkel jár. Az adás kitér arra, hogy a termékenységi ráta miért nem…

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Typically, a society’s population remains stable if women have about 2.1 children each.

By that metric, the word has a big problem.

In developed countries the total fertility rate is well below that figure.

So what are the economic consequences of that shortfall?

Soumaya Keynes speaks to Melissa Kearney, a professor at the University of Notre Dame and the director of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group, which recently put out a series on the topic: Demographic Headwinds: The Economic Consequences of Lower Birth Rates and Longer Lives.They discuss why the fertility rate won’t reverse course any time soon — and what happens when the rest of the baby boomers retire.

Further reading: Why are fertility rates collapsing?

Gender roles Could working from home solve the global fertility crisis?

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