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If the elderly share is rising in a country, why cannot simply increasing the birth rate be considered a sufficient solution?

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Correct answer: Because newborns do not immediately enter working age and initially increase dependency

The governing concept is the time lag in demographic change. Newborns do not enter employment immediately; they remain dependent for many years and require nutrition, health care, education and family support. Raising fertility may therefore increase youth dependency in the short and medium term, while its possible effect on the size of the future labour force appears only after a long interval. Option A is correct. Option B is false because infants are not immediate taxpayers. Option C ignores the connection between fertility and future age structure, while option D wrongly treats migration as the only cause of ageing. Policies for ageing must also address pensions, health, productivity, employment and care.

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Population AgeingFertility PolicyDependencyDemographic PlanningAge StructurePopulation CompositionGeographyClass 12 Mcq

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