Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

demographic tax

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: de-mo-graph-ic -tax
IPA

32

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

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.

Example Sentences

"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 to share the duties and costs."

Etymology

In analogy to demographic dividend.

Inflected Forms

demographic taxes (plural)

Synonyms

demographic burden

Questions

What does demographic tax mean?: 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.
Where does demographic tax come from?: In analogy to demographic dividend.

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