Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption

Lee, Ronald; Mason, Andrew; of the NTA Network, members; Lee, Ronald; Mason, Andrew; Amporfu, Eugenia; An, Chong-Bum; Rosero Bixby, Luis; Bravo, Jorge; Bucheli, Marisa; Chen, Qiulin; Comelatto, Pablo; Coy, D.; d’Albis, Hippolyte; Donehower, Gretchen; Dramani, Latif; Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Alexia; Iván Gál, Róbert; Holz, Mauricio; Thị Lan Hương, Nguyễn; A. Kluge, Fanny; Ladusingh, Laishram; Lee, Sang-Hyop; Lindh, Thomas; Li, Ling; Thanh Long, Giang; , Maliki; Matsukura, Rikiya; McCarthy, David; Mejía‐Guevara, Iván; Mergo, Teferi; Miller, Tim; Mwabu, Germano; R. Narayana, M.; Nor, Vanndy; Mariano Norte, Gilberto; Ogawa, Naohiro; Olaniyan, Olanrewaju; Olivera, Javier; Oosthuizen, Morné; Phananiramai, Mathana; Lanza Queiroz, Bernardo; H. Racelis, Rachel; Rentería, Elisenda; Mahmud Rice, James; Sambt, Jože; Seçkin, Aylin; Sefton, James; Soyibo, Adedoyin; Tovar, Jorge; Tung, An‐Chi; M. Turra, Cássio; Piedad Urdinola, B.; Vaittinen, Risto; Vanne, Reijo; Zannella, Marina; Zhang, Qi

doi:10.1126/science.1250542

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Is low fertility really a problem? Population aging, dependency, and consumption

Published in Science • Oct 9, 2014

Authors:

Ronald Lee

Andrew Mason

members of the NTA Network

Abstract

Longer lives and fertility far below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman are leading to rapid population aging in many countries. Many observers are concerned that aging will adversely affect public finances and standards of living. Analysis of newly available National Transfer Accounts da...

Subject

Fertility

Standard of living

Dependency ratio

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