{"id":3261,"date":"2021-10-06T10:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T09:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/news\/resources\/silver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T12:06:46","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:06:46","slug":"silver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper","status":"publish","type":"resource","link":"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/resources\/silver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Silver Linings not Silver Burdens &#8211; Smaller Families And Ageing Populations White Paper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light curved-bottom\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-2170\" alt=\"Wave banner\" src=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-scaled.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/peter-chamberlain-398960-unsplash-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\"><h1 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-title\">Silver Linings not Silver Burdens &#8211; Smaller Families And Ageing Populations White Paper<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"lead\">This Population Matters White Paper debunks the common myth that falling fertility rates and resulting population ageing are harmful, and lays out the array of benefits and opportunities associated with declining populations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Silver_linings_web.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of Embed of Silver_linings_web..\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-1e490393-1551-42ef-8ea6-2822dc4c9b98\" href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Silver_linings_web.pdf\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/populationmatters.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Silver_linings_web.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-1e490393-1551-42ef-8ea6-2822dc4c9b98\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-popmat-share\"><a class=\"fb-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fsilver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nShare<\/div><\/a><a class=\"tw-share\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fsilver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper%2F&amp;text=Silver+Linings+not+Silver+Burdens+-+Smaller+Families+And+Ageing+Populations+White+Paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nTweet<\/div><\/a><a class=\"li-share\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpopulationmatters.org%2Fresources%2Fsilver-linings-not-silver-burdens-smaller-families-and-ageing-populations-white-paper%2F&amp;text=Silver+Linings+not+Silver+Burdens+-+Smaller+Families+And+Ageing+Populations+White+Paper\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><div>\n  \nPost<\/div><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This Population Matters White Paper debunks the common myth that falling fertility rates and resulting population ageing are harmful, and lays out the array of benefits and opportunities associated with&#8230;","protected":false},"featured_media":4516,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"resource_category":[33],"class_list":["post-3261","resource","type-resource","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","resource_category-briefings-and-submissions"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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