Demographics, Business: Gen Z grads unprepared for work life
Survey claims new Gen Z workers lack work experience and basic job skills.
Demographics: China’s population likely to be half of today’s population in 75 years
And bizarrely, some are "blaming women" - that is not going to be a successful strategy. Besides being stupid.
Demographics, Education: More school closures coming
More school closures announced as the low fertility rate leads to a shrinking youth cohort.
Demographics, Education: Male college enrollees disappearing
College enrollees aged 18-24 are 42% male and 58% female.
Demographics, Education: Fed says college debts play role in housing accessibility
Understanding the Generational Gaps in Homeownership | St. Louis Fed (stlouisfed.org) The % of adults who went to college in the 1970s was vastly smaller than today, hence, fewer “Baby…
Demographics: Gen Z not having kids ’cause climate change
But as this story points out, every generation has challenges and generally everything gets better in the future.
Biology: Biological sex is better predictor of sports outcomes than gender identity, says study
Sex may be a more useful explanatory variable than gender identity for predicting the performance of athletes in mass-participation races, a new paper has found. Study shows sex could be…
Yes: “Will mortgage rates ever fall to 3% again?”
3% mortgage rates were a very unusual market in recent years. For much of the past 40+ years, interest rates were 7% or greater.
Demographics: Gen Z doesn’t want kids ’cause everything is awful
Everything is awful, say the doomers. Doomerism takes hold and no one wants to have families, to work, or make the world a better place. A self fulfilling game.
Demographics: The declining youth worker population
The young worker population peaked in 2000.