AmiSight 8/27: No Workers, No Students: The Hidden Cost of Declining Birth Rates

As if companies haven’t had a hard enough time finding workers to fill open positions, now another obstacle will factor in – the declining birth rate in the United States.

Business Insider reports that as the U.S. birth rate continues to drop, colleges, companies, and cities are scrambling to bridge the gap. Peaking in 2007 with just over 4.3 million babies born, the birth rate has consistently dropped since then, plummeting to 3.6 million last year  

With the 2007 babies turning 18, their transition to adulthood signals a new reality for universities, employers, and the whole of America's economy – a smaller pool of potential students and workers from here on out.

Incentivizing Americans to have more kids has become a popular political talking point, particularly on the right. On the flip side, a new Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report suggests the only surefire way to do that is by expanding legal pathways for immigration to the United States.

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