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>only works after lots of tweaking, and even just intermittently, as long as it time-averages to replacement level. That sounds like an unending series of demo
by thfuran 4y ago
>only works after lots of tweaking, and even just intermittently, as long as it time-averages to replacement level.
That sounds like an unending series of demographic shocks and may well be worse than the original problem.
- Bran_son 4y agoThey are only shocks if the fertility rate fluctuations have a high amplitude and period longer than ~20 years. For example, if the rate varies between 1.8 and 2.4, on a 20 year time-scale, then they won't be "shocks", but mere gentle waves.