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Title: Transfers and the Economic Life Cycle in the US
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Publication Year: 2007
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Abstract: US demography stands out among industrial nations due to its relatively high fertility and young population age distribution. The Total Fertility Rate has consistently been near 2.0 births per woman since the early 1980s, about a half birth higher than in the rest of the industrial world, and it has been relatively high throughout the past century, including during its striking baby boom when the TFR rose above 3.7. The generally high fertility has made the population relatively young, and the large baby boom, now on the verge of old age, has deeply shaped the population age distribution. Life expectancy in the US lags behind many industrial nations but has little effect on the population age distribution. While the US is home to many more immigrants than any other country, it is also a large population so the proportion of foreign born at 12%, although high, is not particularly striking in comparative context.
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Authors: Lee, Ronald; Donehower, Gretchen; Miller, Tim
Publisher: University of California - Berkeley
Data Collections: IPUMS USA
Topics: Fertility and Mortality, Migration and Immigration
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