Economics Of Low Fertility Rates

Interesting thoughts about a country's low fertility rates at Capital Gains and Games blog.

The summary describes a set of calculations to maximize the working-age share of the population. That is an interesting way to think about the issue -- the per-capita cost to the government of pay-as-you-go social insurance and other age-related transfers (like education) should be minimized that way.

Read the enitre blog post here.