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UK's Lower Birth Rate May Lift Living Standards, Study Shows.
- Source :
- Bloomberg.com; 9/13/2023, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 1p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- (Bloomberg) -- Shrinking populations could actually be good for the world's richest nations, according to a paper that examined the impact of the UK's expected demographic slump and counters conventional wisdom. A study into population decline by David Miles, chief forecaster at the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility, found that "the economic impacts are likely, on balance, to be positive" and "predictions of dire effects are implausible.". [Extracted from the article]
- Subjects :
- STANDARD of living
BIRTH rate
QUALITY of life
ECONOMIC impact
LIFE expectancy
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Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Bloomberg.com
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- 171926926