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February 7, 2021 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “Would The New Child Benefit Proposal Remedy Our Falling Birth Rate?”

A monthly child benefit has interest from the Left and the Right. But it won’t be a game-changer for birthrates.

May 21, 2020 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “Another Year, Another Record-Low American Fertility Rate – Plus, A Dependency Ratio Surprise”

What’s the best way to think of future demographics — “old-age dependency” or just “dependency”?

November 30, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Another Record Low: Will The U.S. Fertility Rate’s Collapse Ever End?”

What’s the cause of the US fertility decline – and when will it end?

October 3, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Is This Strike Three For ‘Scandinavian Family Policies Will Give Us Goldilocks-Level Fertility Rates’?”

It’s not just Finland.  Norway’s fertility rate is also down. Why?

October 1, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Why Has Finland’s Fertility Rate Collapsed – And Are There Lessons For Us?”

“Provide generous social welfare benefits and promote equality for women” does not (any longer) seem to be working as a recipe for replacement-level fertility in Finland.  Why not?

August 9, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest

Forbes post, “Is Sweden Our Fertility-Boosting Role Model?”

What if social welfare working-mother supports aren’t the path to stable fertility rates?

May 15, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “What (If Anything) Should We Do About The Rock-Bottom U.S. Fertility Rate?”

The US fertility rate is continuing to drop.  Should we try to change this?

March 15, 2019 Jane the Actuary General Interest, Retirement

Forbes post, “What Will An Empty-Planet Future Look Like?”

Is it a good thing, or a problem, or just a thing-that-will-be, that the world’s population will shrink, assuming that does come to pass?

November 8, 2018 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes post, “Will Fertility Rebound? New Study Says Yes”

Will evolution result in a rebounding fertility rate?

June 22, 2018 Jane the Actuary Retirement

Forbes Post, “Social Security, The Dependency Ratio, And Immigration”

Is immigration the fix for our old-age dependency ratio troubles?  Or are there risks if we’re not careful?

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