demographic tax
demographic tax noun: the reversal of the demographic dividend that occurs when a society's large workforce enters retirement en masse while population growth has stalled or declined.
Noun
demographic tax (plural demographic taxes)
- The reversal of the demographic dividend that occurs when a society's large workforce enters retirement en masse while population growth has stalled or declined.
- While the policy stemmed the population growth during the almost four decades it was in place, it also dampened China's demographic dividend and is now increasing its demographic tax. A young person in China may now need to support their children and two aging parents alone as they have no siblings...2022, Ognjen Š. Miljanić, Joseph A. Pratt, Introduction to Energy and Sustainability, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 506
- Synonyms:
- demographic burden
Synonyms of demographic tax
- demographic burden
Forms of demographic tax
| plural | demographic taxes |
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Origin of demographic tax
In analogy to demographic dividend.
Questions about demographic tax
- What does demographic tax mean?
- Demographic tax means the reversal of the demographic dividend that occurs when a society's large workforce enters retirement en masse while population growth has stalled or declined.
- What part of speech is demographic tax?
- Demographic tax is a noun.
- What is the plural of demographic tax?
- The plural of demographic tax is demographic taxes.
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