Demographics: Gen X and Baby Boom taught to seek independence
Per this article, Gen X and Gen Baby Boom were taught to seek independence, and not rely on parents.
Demographics: Generation labels
More on why the generation labels are basically meaningless - but good for creating divisiveness.
Demographics: Births in Japan reach record low
Births in Japan fall to a record low as fewer couples marry Reminder: 75% of the world’s population lives in countries whose population is shrinking. Some demographers think peak world…
Bias against women in male dominated jobs has decreased, but bias against men in female dominated jobs remains
Study finds that discrimination against females in male dominated jobs has mostly ended or reversed, but that discrimination against males in female dominated jobs remains.
Demographics: Hungary to abolish lifetime income taxes for women having >= 4 kids
Hungary to abolish income taxes for life, for women having 4 or more kids, and will add other subsidies. Hungary's fertility rate is 1.6.
Demographics: Britain’s Fertility Rate drops to 1.49
Below 2.1 and a population is shrinking (not counting effects of immigration).
Education: Biggest factor in post grad employment is choice of degree and internships
About half of college grads now work in jobs that only require a high school diploma.
Demographics: “Boomers are now in a ‘power position’ at work, experts say” – but not really
The “Baby Boom”, an arbitrary classification by the Pew Research Center, defines the Baby Boom as those born in 1946 through 1964. Those born in 1959 are turning 65 in…
Demographics, International: US job growth goes to immigrants.
With the declining fertility rate, a majority of U.S. population growth is now due to immigration. Similarly, newly created jobs are going to immigrants.
Demographics: S. Korean company to pay employees to have kids
S. Korea is in a very negative population growth curve and is desparate: A South Korean firm is offering to pay its workers $75,000 each time they have a baby