aging population

People with disabilities or the elderly may be forced to live at a nursing home or other institution as Medicaid cuts make access to home healthcare services harder to access.

The U.S. is becoming a less attractive destination for skilled workers amid harsh immigration crackdowns and restrictions.

In Eagle Mountain, where the median age is just 22, high school students operate their own soda shop.

Lack of affordable child care, discrimination against women in the workforce and the sheer cost of raising children all make it less appealing for some mothers to have more children.

If demographics are destiny, then what’s happening here is eventually going to play out all over the country.

Around the world, populations are getting older. Immigration plays a role in sustaining workforces, according to new analysis.

It pays to play on as you age.

So-called “prime age” workers, those 25 to 54, are working jobs at a higher rate than before the pandemic. But the picture gets more complex for older workers.

Growing numbers of entrepreneurs and their financial backers are starting to see aging as an opportunity for innovation and profit.

We asked some professors to riff on the theme of the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole retreat: “Structural Shifts in the Global Economy.”