The baby bust : who will do the work? who will pay the taxes? / edited by Fred R. Harris.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Harris, Fred R., 1930-2024.

Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Age distribution (Demography)--United States.

Age distribution (Demography).

Age distribution (Demography)--Europe.

Age distribution (Demography)--Japan.

Demographic transition--United States.

Demographic transition.

Demographic transition--Europe.

Demographic transition--Japan.

Immigrants--Government policy--United States.

Immigrants.

Immigrants--Government policy.

United States.

United States--Social policy.

Social policy.

Japan.

Europe.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2006]

Summary:

Though the world's population continues to grow, total fertility rates are dropping below replacement level in many parts of the world. The Baby Bust, a landmark book of essays by demographic, economic, and political science experts, examines the global birth dearth and its causes, implications, and policy options. Focusing in large part on the United States, this book also includes data from Europe and Japan and makes important comparisons between the three regions. It concludes with suggestions for making America's future sound and prosperous, through the regularization and legalization of appropriate levels of immigration; enhancing governmental efforts to increase productivity; and finally, ending the present waste of so many underutilized members of the workforce, particularly minorities and the poor. Visit our website for sample chapters!

Contents:

Part I The Global Baby Bust

1 Japan's Baby Bust: Causes, Implications, and Policy Responses / Robert D. Retherford, Naohiro Ogawa 5

2 Low Fertility in Europe: Causes, Implications, and Policy Options / Hans-Peter Kohler, Francesco C. Billari, Jose Antonio Ortega 48

Part II The United States and the Baby Bust

3 The U.S. Baby Bust in Historical Perspective / Herbert S. Klein 113

4 Combating Child Poverty and Enhancing the Soundness of Social Security / Robert G. Lynch 148

5 Latino Immigrants, National Identity, and the National Interest / Rodolfo O. de la Garza 175

6 Ending America's Waste of Its Most Precious Resource-Its People / Peter Edelman 189.

Notes:

"A Milton S. Eisenhower Foundation Book."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-230) and index.

ISBN:

0742538540

0742538559

OCLC:

61200696