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Falling birthrates and what to do about them.

Scientific consensus holds that global birthrates are plummeting but disagree on whether they can stabilise.

In a series of detailed graphics, NZZ visualises the results of two major studies on birthrate trends around the world.

mediafaro.org/article/20250530

An illustration of a woman carrying a baby on her back that blends into a graphic of declining births.
Neue Zürcher Zeitung · Falling birthrates and what to do about them.By Katrin Büchenbacher, Jonas Oesch

What's the cause of falling birth rates? What, if anything, can be done about it?

Prof. #AliceEvans has given this some thought, and she discusses the issue with #RossDouthat of the #NYTimes

youtube.com/watch?v=3BBapHuklN

(Ignore the title of the video: based on her analysis of many countries, she blames Mr. Beast et al.)

alojapan.com/1285013/commentar Commentary: Will four-day work weeks solve Japan’s fertility crisis? #4DayWorkWeek #fertility #Japan #JapanNews #JapanTopics #news #WorkLifeBalance WORKING TO LIVE OR LIVING TO WORK? For a four-day work week to play a meaningful role in reversing Japan’s falling birth rate, a deeper transformation of the country’s work culture is essential. A recent survey highlights a gap between public support and workplace reality: While over 90 per…

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🗞️🗞️ “Fathers contribute to #childcare but mothers — even those who work outside the home — are much more likely to handle the difficult jobs that get in the way of a regular working day and need to be done at a specific time," says Bernice Kuang in The Times: thetimes.com/life-style/parent

The Times · Flexible hours ‘trap’ mothers into doing more parentingBy Victoria Allen

🇯🇵 :youtube: **Japan's population crisis reaches tipping point**

“_Japan has been struggling to cope with a combination of anaemic economic growth and a shrinking population for over 30 years. 2025 marks the tipping point when the rising costs outstrip the country's capacity to pay for them._”

#Video length: twenty minutes.

🔗 youtube.com/watch?v=nmdujC0MUK.

#FT #Japan #Demographics #Demography #Economy #Economics #Population #Asia #Immigration #Birthrate #Fertility #Fertilityrate @economics

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4/9 This is true but not only part of the story. What they found out together with their farmers network is, that sweet potato (Boniato) works very well in the first year, and there's no yield loss with this crop (This is the Boniato part of CarBoniato). Afterwards, a low-N-demanding crop, such as faba-bean is being grown. After roughly a year, the woodchips have been digested by the soil life to a large degree and C/N is significantly lower already while the N in the wood (in 150 tons, there's about 1000 kg of N!) is being converted to stable forms that are accessible in the soil, contributing to the long term #fertility of the soils.