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One of the most pernicious effects of the squeeze on middle-income households and the cost of the educational arms race is a voluntary one-child policy that has reduced the country’s fertility rate to 1.2 births per woman, among the lowest in the industrialized world.
India was long known in the world for its rapid population growth, high fertility, high infant mortality, and risk of famine.
The result is that fertility rates have come down to below 3 per mother in much of India, and even below 2 in parts of India.
Deforestation for timber and energy precipitate erosion and reduce soil fertility.
Child survival rates would rise, reinforcing lower fertility rates.
The World Bank, with its typical mathematical precision, has estimated that for every four years of education, fertility is reduced by about one birth per mother.
The reason why the Indian state of Kerala’s fertility rate is 1.7 per couple, whereas Bihar’s is more than four, is that Kerala’s women are educated and half of Bihar’s are not.
The explanation for this demographic trend is straightforward: global fertility rates have plummeted, from five children per woman, on average, in 1950-1955, to 2.5 children per woman in 2010-2015.
According to a new report by the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), aging populations and declining fertility rates in many parts of the world could dampen global growth considerably over the next 50 years.
But, as fertility declines and populations age, the labor engine’s contribution to growth will fall sharply, to little more than 0.3 percentage points of annual growth.
Most countries conducted their national population census last year, and the data suggest that fertility rates are plunging in most of them.
Indeed, global fertility will fall to the replacement rate in a little more than a decade.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis has projected that if every girl in the world completed secondary education, fertility rates would drop and the global population growth would slow by as many as two billion people by 2045, and more than five billion by 2100.
China may be home to 20% of humanity, but for more than two decades its fertility rate has been lower than the “replacement” level (that required to maintain the current population), with population growth expected to turn negative within the next two decades.
First, demography: for the last 50 years France has had much higher fertility rates than the rest of Europe – 1.9 children per woman, compared to the European average of 1.6 and the German or Spanish rates of 1.3.
Brazil in 2010 was 84.3% urban; its fertility rate was 1.8 births per woman; its labor force had an average of 7.2 years of schooling; and its university graduates accounted for 5.2% of potential workers.
At that time, the UK was 78.4% urban; its fertility rate was 2.7; its labor force had six years of schooling on average, and its university graduates accounted for less than 2% of potential workers.
Over centuries, policy can affect fertility decisions, and migration can transform a country, as the experience of the United States shows.
A fertility rate of 1.4 and near-zero immigration mean that Japan’s workforce could shrink by 28% over the next 50 years, making health care for the elderly unaffordable and dramatically increasing the fiscal deficit, which is already running at 4% of GDP.
Indeed, 83 countries and territories, including most developed countries, currently have fertility rates below the level necessary to maintain a constant population level.
With a formal claim to the land they are farming, women are also more likely to invest in the fertility of the soil, contributing to more productive and sustainable land-use patterns.
Sky-high fertility rates are another source of stress.
And aging populations – a result of rising longevity and declining fertility – are putting pressure on public finances.
Moreover, there is no evidence that these programs generate major negative incentives, such as lower employment among adults or higher fertility rates.
If properly managed, migration can enhance Europe’s cultural wealth and meet its labor-market needs, as fertility rates in the EU fall and its population ages.
Europe and other developed economies are aging as well, owing to low fertility rates and increasing longevity.
It now anticipates a population of 9.7 billion in 2050, and 11.2 billion – and still rising – by 2100, because fertility rates in several countries have fallen more slowly than expected (in some, notably Egypt and Algeria, fertility has actually risen since 2005).
East Asia has gained a huge demographic dividend from rapid fertility declines: in much of Africa and the Middle East, the dividend is still missing.
Both increased longevity and falling fertility rates are hugely positive developments for human welfare.
The sooner fertility rates reach two or below, the better for humanity.
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