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How Falling Birth Rates Are Changing the Global Labor Market
In this episode of The Demographics Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how falling birth rates across developed and emerging economies are transforming the global labor market. They focus on the concrete case of Japan, where the working-age population has shrunk by over 10 million since 1995, leading to a historic shift: for the first time, foreign workers outnumber the annual decline in the native workforce. The conversation unpacks the ripple effects—from wage growth in service sectors to automation adoption in manufacturing, and the rise of 'silver work' as companies redesign jobs…
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