Demographics: Labor shortage all over Europe
Source: Labour shortages felt all over Europe – EURACTIV.com All countries, basically. This report, though, fails to mention the fertility rate in Europe has been low for decades and the…
Demographics: How some job ads intentionally discriminate against those age 40+
Employers insert descriptive words and phrases into job ads that lead to fewer applicants over age 40. Some word choices are obvious give aways while others are subtle. Source: Help…
Demographics: Role of Marriage and Education in fertility rates
Source: The Decline in Fertility: The Role of Marriage and Education — Penn Wharton Budget Model As of 2019, about 41% of adult women age 25+ had at least a…
Demographics: Decline in births leads to closing obstetric hospital units
The decline in births is causing some smaller hospitals to consider closing their obstetrics units. Research suggests they begin to have too few births to maintain the services and care…
Demographics: The pilot shortage (and mechanics and air traffic controllers …)
Watch the video. It’s a shortage across multiple job functions, not just pilots. Why the U.S. is running out of pilots (cnbc.com) Pilot training is time-consuming and very expensive. But…
Demographics: The demographic time bomb is ticking
In 2030, America will experience a demographic turning point when all baby boomers will be older than 65. That will equal one out of five Americans. Also importantly, by 2034,…
Follow up: We were wrong about the economy, say the “experts”
To be fair, the “experts” have been wrong about almost everything the past two and half years. It’s known as the “Suicide of Expertise”. Georgieva added that economists were more…
Demographics: Number of children living in poverty drops sharply
Government poverty-reduction programs were decisive. Source: America’s successful war on poverty Part of it (but not all of it) might be because there are a lot fewer children:
Demographics: The Death of Halloween Trick or Treating
Last fall (2021), we thought we’d see a return of trick or treating after prior years’ Covid restrictions. We had just 4 knocks on the front door. We had moved…
Demographics: Declining youth enrollment leads to more school closures
The declining youth population in the U.S. is already leading to tough decisions about closing elementary schools. In a few years, decisions will need to be made about middle schools…