¿Es realmente un problema la baja fertilidad? Envejecimiento de la población, dependencia y consumo.

Ronald Lee1, Andrew Mason2,

  • 1Department of Demography and Department of Economics, University of California, 2232 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA. rlee@demog.berkeley.edu amason@hawaii.edu.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|October 11, 2014
PubMed
Resumen

El envejecimiento de la población debido a vidas más largas y baja fertilidad presenta desafíos. El análisis muestra una fertilidad moderadamente baja y la disminución de la población favorecen el nivel de vida material más amplio, a pesar de los impactos en los presupuestos gubernamentales.

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