Demographics: Government subsidy programs do not increase fertility rates
Why fertility rates have collapsed and why government programs have failed to move the needle.
Demographics: Number of immigrants needed to maintain constant working age population to 2050
The U.S. needs about 1.4 million immigrants per year through 2050 to maintain the working age population.
Education: The Demographics of college enrollment
College enrollment is declining, and the majority of that decline is men not enrolling in college. We are almost to 60% F:40% M enrollment ratio.
Education, Finance: Sensible people didn’t go to expensive universities
It is possible to go to college and not carry a huge debt, but it requires making compromises - and hard work.
Demographics: More work hours or more immigration
True, kind of. But not enough skilled workers willing to move elsewhere. Instead, we are going to see a LOT of automation.
Demographics, Education: College enrollments to start dropping faster in 2025
The number of kids born from the 2008 Great Recession onward began a sharp fall off. That cohort is set to start college in the next few years: College enrollment…
Demographics, Education: The Higher Education “Enrollment cliff” approaches
Colleges, facing the demographic cliff, think they can persuade more of the smaller cohorts to attend college. But that's not what surveys of young people think will happen.
Demographics: Immigration to be sole source of population growth in coming decades (for rich countries)
Wealthy countries' population growth will soon come exclusively from immigration.
Demographics: The end of families as a central shared attribute of society
Why couples are no longer having kids? It's not money.
Demographics: State budgets threatened by declining populations
Low fertility rates are already beginning to impact state budgets.