Low fertility may not be an economic threat, researchers argue (phys.org)

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Higher levels of education, increased labor force participation, and rising productivity can offset—and even outweigh—the effects of having fewer births. Lower fertility can enable greater investment per child, strengthening human capital and innovation while reducing dependency burdens over the coming decades.

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[-] thenextguy@lemmy.world 13 points 4 weeks ago

Can they stop calling it lower fertility?

That would imply people are trying to conceive and failing, which would be concerning.

This is just lower birth rates. As in, people don't want to bring kids into this mess.

[-] sepi@piefed.social 3 points 4 weeks ago

Lower Fertility = Less Slaves

[-] DougPiranha42@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Fertility is simply a concept in population dynamics for quantifying the number of offsprings. That’s what it is called, there is no covert agenda there.