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From Michael W Hodin, Chief Executive, Global Coalition on Aging, New York, NY, US
Lies, damn lies and longevity
...Birth rates in England and Wales dropped to the lowest on record in 2022 according to official statistics that lay bare the countries’ demographic challenges....
...Korean construction group Booyoung is offering workers a $75,000 bonus for each baby they produce, one of many eye-catching incentives on offer as politicians and companies grapple with the country’s demographic...
...Fertility rates have fallen below the replacement level in many advanced economies, but Italy’s demographic crisis is one of the most acute in western Europe after decades of economic stagnation....
...India and its neighbours are not creating enough jobs to sustain their young populations, the World Bank has warned, putting the region’s demographic dividend at risk even as it enjoys the world’s fastest...
...China’s demographic collapse is accelerating. Births fell to a record low in China in 2023, speeding up its population decline....
...The focus on diagnosing diseases that are more common among older people is increasing as global demographics change....
Demand for care staff is certain to rise, but providers are already failing to fill vacancies
...As demographics change across Asia more countries are seeking tech ways to address shortfalls in care provision....
...South Korea’s government is scrambling to train more doctors in anticipation of a looming demographic crisis, as a rapidly ageing society increases demand for healthcare....
...From something precious (the Enlightenment), something bleak (demographic decline). And even this, the baby bust, isn’t the ultimate problem of success. No, that is populism....
Discrimination against older employees particularly apparent in sector where executives openly state preference for youth
...The decline has more than doubled from the previous year,” said Wang Feng, an expert on Chinese demographics at the University of California, Irvine....
...The NPC will be scrutinised for signs of how the Communist party, which will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China this year, plans to deal with multiple geopolitical, demographic...
...Demographic squeeze in early 21st century How to explain this?...
Automated application processes are dehumanising and unhelpful
...A study last year by Lyman Stone, a demographic economist and senior fellow at the Canadian think-tank Cardus, shows that the competing priorities that most erode birth rates among young women are the desires...
...Changing demographics, and especially ageing populations, are another engine for job growth, in more hands-on sectors such as care and health, says Stijn Broecke, OECD senior economist....
In an age of remarkable scientific advances, three new books explore the prospects for living longer — and the challenges for human society
Refugee flows, low birth rates and left-behind regions persist because there is no answer, not because politicians are useless
Joe Biden is no frail outlier but the gerontocratic norm
...The first, and most important, is the demographic arbitrage....
In his new history, Patrick Joyce brings the rich cultures of pre-industrial rural communities movingly to life
...population decline accelerated in 2023 as its economy grew at one of the lowest rates in decades, pointing to persistent challenges for the world’s second-largest economy from a property slowdown, deflation and demographic...
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