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Fears that falling birth rates could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

Fears that falling birth rates could lead to population collapse are based on faulty assumptions

While the changes in population structure that accompany low birth rates in the United States are real, the impact of these changes has been dramatically overstated. Read from CU expert Leslie Root and colleagues on The Conversation.

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