Demographics 37: What does “Aging population” actually mean?
I have seen this phrase “aging population” appear in the media for years, probably decades. It’s confusing as it applies that we are somehow making more old people. What they…
36-Demographics: Differences of Young versus Old – and how to pay for it?
The young tend to spend more on products. Think of buying a home and then needing to (eventually) add furnishings, kitchen utensils, laundry machines and so on. The old tend…
34-Demographics: Emerging Europe’s population may decline to early 1900s levels over coming century
Source: bne IntelliNews – Population decline to take Emerging Europe back to the early 20th century
22-Demographics: An important reason to develop international skills
I added a big update to this post so adding this link as a new, updated quick look: 22-Demographics: An important reason to develop international skills
33-Demographics: Shortage of health care workers
This is all over the country: Similar scenarios are playing out all over Oregon. A lack of qualified healthcare workers, which began before the pandemic and worsened after COVID-19 hit,…
32-Demographics: India schools see decline in enrollment
Schools in India also seeing a decline in enrollment due to decline in births: According to the study, enrollment is a function of population, therefore a reduction in the number…
31-Demographics: Media catching on to the population decline
The Demographic Outlook: 2022 to 2052 | Congressional Budget Office (cbo.gov) Previous analyses of Census Bureau estimates make plain that the nation’s population growth has ground down to a historic…
30-Demographics: Where the next babies will be born in 2022
This graphic paints a picture of the world’s population, showing which countries are most likely to welcome the next 1,000 babies. Source: The World’s Population: Where Will The Next 1,000…
29-Demographics: “slowing population growth, not pandemic, at the root of U.S. worker shortage “
And just like that, UC Riverside researchers are saying the same thing as this blog: Supply chain struggles have been widely blamed for the inability to meet consumer and business…
28-Demographics: Is the decline good or bad?
Is the decline in the global fertility rate a good thing or a bad thing? Perhaps it is neither – it is what it is. The Plus Side From one…