This obscures the point: for every big advanced country besides America and Israel, the alternative to “replacement rate” fertility is a baby bust.
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美国和英国则是例外,它们都有大量工作妇女,且生育率接近替代水平(不足部分有移民补充)。
The odd ones out are America and Britain, which both have lots of women at work and fertility rates close to replacement level (with immigration making up the rest).
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根据兰德公司2005年的一份研究,34年来欧洲总生育率已低于替代人口所必需的水平。
Europe's total fertility rate has been below the level needed to replace the population for about 34 years, according to a 2005 Rand Corp.study.