Sub-replacement fertility: is this an issue for New Zealand?
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.26686/pq.v3i4.4238Keywords:
OECD, Choices for Living, Caring and Working ten-year plan, IVF, TFR (total fertitlity rate), below-replacement fertility ratesAbstract
In all industrialised countries, including New Zealand, the population is ‘ageing’. The reasons for this vary somewhat between nations but, in most, a key driver has been a shift to below-replacement fertility rates. This ageing of the population has raised policy concerns in individual countries and international agencies as to how to economically support the growing proportion of the population that is projected to be no longer active in the labour market (e.g. Blöndal and Scarpetta, 1998; Weller, 2001). While reforming public retirement schemes is part of the policy agenda, other options to reduce the problems associated with an ageing population are also being investigated.
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