WEBVTT 00:05.866 --> 00:11.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AMERICA'S FERTILITY RATE HAS 00:07.233 --> 00:14.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FALLEN TO A 30-YEAR LOW AND THE 00:09.966 --> 00:16.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% GENERAL FERTILITY RATE, THE RATE 00:11.600 --> 00:20.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AT WHICH WOMEN BETWEEN 15-44 ARE 00:14.766 --> 00:23.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HAVING CHILDREN HAS ALSO SUNK TO 00:16.700 --> 00:26.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% A RECORD LOW OF 60 BIRTHS PER 00:20.333 --> 00:30.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% 1,000 WOMEN. 00:23.066 --> 00:30.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ACCORDING TO THE CDC BIRTH RATES 00:26.500 --> 00:32.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IN WOMEN IN THEIR 20s FELL BY 00:30.566 --> 00:34.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:7.5% 4%. 00:30.833 --> 00:36.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IS THIS AN INDICATOR THAT WOMEN 00:32.300 --> 00:38.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% ARE TAKING MORE CONTROL OVER 00:34.733 --> 00:40.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THEIR REPRODUCTIVE CHOICES? 00:36.400 --> 00:42.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% JOINING US IS CHRISTINE 00:38.400 --> 00:43.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% PERCHESKI, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR 00:40.266 --> 00:45.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% OF SOCIOLOGY AT NORTHWESTERN 00:42.266 --> 00:48.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% UNIVERSITY AND STUDIES 00:43.933 --> 00:49.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% DEMOGRAPHIC CHANGES AND HOW THEY 00:45.266 --> 00:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% RELATE TO CHANGING PATTERNS OF 00:48.133 --> 00:50.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% SOCIAL INEQUALITY. 00:49.133 --> 00:53.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND CHRISTINE PERCHESKI THANK 00:49.833 --> 00:56.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% YOU FOR BEING HERE. 00:50.933 --> 00:56.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND BACK TO THE ISSUE OF WE SEE 00:53.866 --> 00:58.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE HEADLINES OF THIS FALLING 00:56.266 --> 01:00.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% RATE. 00:56.566 --> 01:02.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WHY IS THIS RATE GOING DOWN? 00:58.733 --> 01:04.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> WELL, WE ARE NOT ENTIRELY 01:00.166 --> 01:05.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SURE YET BUT THE RATE IS FALLING 01:02.466 --> 01:07.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MOST AMONG TEENAGE WOMEN AND 01:04.066 --> 01:09.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% WOMEN IN THEIR 20s. 01:05.966 --> 01:11.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THIS IS PART OF A BROADER TREND 01:07.766 --> 01:13.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OF WOMEN WAITING LATER TO HAVE 01:09.733 --> 01:16.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THEIR CHILDREN AND MANY OF US 01:11.666 --> 01:18.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOULD AGREE THAT IT IS A GOOD 01:13.300 --> 01:19.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% THING FOR TEENAGE WOMEN NOT TO 01:16.033 --> 01:22.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BE HAVING CHILDREN AND WOMEN IN 01:18.100 --> 01:23.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THEIR EARLY 20s MANY ARE 01:19.666 --> 01:24.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% TRYING TO GET A COLLEGE DEGREE 01:22.033 --> 01:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OR POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION SO 01:23.233 --> 01:28.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% IT IS NOT NECESSARILY A BAD 01:24.833 --> 01:30.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THING THAT WOMEN ARE WAITING TO 01:26.566 --> 01:32.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% BE A LITTLE OLDER. 01:28.300 --> 01:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> ANY OTHER REASONS BESIDES 01:30.866 --> 01:36.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% POSSIBLY THE DELAY IN HAVING 01:32.933 --> 01:37.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% CHILDREN THAT SOME WOMEN MIGHT 01:34.800 --> 01:39.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% BE CHOOSING TO DO? 01:36.466 --> 01:41.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> WELL, ECONOMIC NOT EVERYONE 01:37.766 --> 01:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% HAS RECOVERED FROM THE RECESSION 01:39.400 --> 01:44.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND WE SEE THAT YOUNG ADULTS 01:41.633 --> 01:46.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% HAVE MORE EDUCATION DEBT AND 01:43.400 --> 01:48.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% THIS COULD BE PART OF IT. 01:44.533 --> 01:50.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% A LOT OF FAMILIES ARE TRYING TO 01:46.633 --> 01:51.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WAIT UNTIL THEY HAVE MORE OF AN 01:48.933 --> 01:53.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ECONOMIC CUSHION AND MARRIAGE 01:50.500 --> 01:55.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% RATES ARE GOING DOWN IN THE 01:51.733 --> 01:57.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% COUNTRY AND MOST INDUSTRIALIZED 01:53.666 --> 01:58.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COUNTRIES AND WE SEE THAT MOST 01:55.866 --> 02:00.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WOMEN HAVE THEIR BIRTHS WITHIN 01:57.833 --> 02:01.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% MARRIAGE. 01:58.200 --> 02:03.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THIS IS PART OF A LARGER TREND. 02:00.166 --> 02:04.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% >> A COUPLE OF THOSE TRENDS 02:01.666 --> 02:06.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU ARE SAYING 02:03.200 --> 02:06.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% IT MIGHT BE WHAT? 02:04.900 --> 02:08.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% A TEMPORARY THING. 02:06.000 --> 02:10.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% >> COULD BE. 02:06.533 --> 02:12.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> WHERE IN A FEW YEARS WOMEN 02:08.766 --> 02:15.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WHO HAVE DELAYED HAVING CHILDREN 02:10.700 --> 02:18.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FOR ECONOMIC REASONS OR BECAUSE 02:12.733 --> 02:19.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THEY HAD COLLEGE DEBT OR 02:15.133 --> 02:20.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WHATEVER THAT THE FERTILITY 02:18.300 --> 02:22.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% RATES MIGHT KICK UP? 02:19.433 --> 02:22.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:35% >> THAT RIGHT. 02:20.000 --> 02:24.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND WE DON'T KNOW IT FOR ANOTHER 02:22.166 --> 02:26.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% FEW YEARS. 02:22.833 --> 02:28.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% >> BY THE WAY, HELP US 02:24.366 --> 02:30.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENCE 02:26.033 --> 02:31.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% BETWEEN FERTILITY RATES AND 02:28.333 --> 02:32.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:30% BIRTH RATES? 02:30.233 --> 02:33.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WE ARE TALKING ABOUT FERTILITY 02:31.933 --> 02:35.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% RATES? 02:32.600 --> 02:37.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 02:33.033 --> 02:38.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THIS IS IN THE WEEDS TALK BUT 02:35.200 --> 02:39.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% THE BIRTH RATE IS THE NUMBER OF 02:37.366 --> 02:41.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% BIRTHS PER THOUSAND PEOPLE IN 02:38.300 --> 02:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% THE POPULATION. 02:39.533 --> 02:44.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT THAT INCLUDES BABIES AND 02:41.500 --> 02:46.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SENIOR CITIZENS SO THAT IS NOT 02:43.400 --> 02:50.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% THE MOST USEFUL NUMBER. 02:44.833 --> 02:52.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% THE NUMBER WE WANT TO THINK 02:46.133 --> 02:54.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ABOUT IS THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS 02:50.133 --> 02:56.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% HER THOUSAND WOMEN OF 02:52.333 --> 02:58.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% CHILDBEARING AGE SO IT'S NOT 02:54.933 --> 02:59.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CONFUSED WITH SOMETHING ELSE. 02:56.200 --> 03:00.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND WE WANT TO FOCUS ON THE 02:58.300 --> 03:02.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% GENERAL FERTILITY RATE. 02:59.433 --> 03:03.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% >> IS THERE A REASON TO BE 03:00.933 --> 03:05.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CONCERNED BY A DECLINING 03:02.433 --> 03:06.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% FERTILITY RATE? 03:03.033 --> 03:08.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CAN IT BE AN INDICATOR OF NOT 03:05.033 --> 03:11.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% JUST SOME OF THE THINGS THAT 03:06.966 --> 03:13.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% PEOPLE MIGHT BE DOING BY CHOICE 03:08.266 --> 03:14.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% BUT OTHER FACTORS, INCLUDING 03:11.166 --> 03:15.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% MAYBE NEGATIVE ECONOMIC TRENDS? 03:13.666 --> 03:16.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 03:14.100 --> 03:19.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SO LARGE DECLINES IN THE BIRTH 03:15.433 --> 03:20.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RATE WE WANT TO BE CONCERNED 03:16.900 --> 03:21.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% ABOUT IN INDUSTRIALIZED 03:19.066 --> 03:23.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% COUNTRIES OR WE WANT TO KNOW 03:20.266 --> 03:25.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WHAT IS GOING ON. 03:21.500 --> 03:29.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% SO WE OFTEN SEE THAT THE BIRTH 03:23.100 --> 03:30.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% RATE FALLS DURING MAJOR WARS 03:25.866 --> 03:32.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% CLEARLY THAT IS A SOCIAL PROBLEM 03:29.533 --> 03:34.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:32.5% AN INDICATOR. 03:30.233 --> 03:36.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IF THE BIRTH RATE OR THE 03:32.533 --> 03:38.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FERTILITY RATE WERE TO FALL A 03:34.333 --> 03:39.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% LOT WE MIGHT BE CONCERNED BUT 03:36.300 --> 03:42.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% THE SMALL FLUCTUATIONS DO NOT 03:38.700 --> 03:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% PRESENT A PROBLEM. 03:39.766 --> 03:45.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> 4% IN 2017 YOU CONSIDER THAT 03:42.066 --> 03:47.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% A SMALL FLUCTUATION? 03:44.066 --> 03:49.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:37.5% >> YES, AND NO. 03:45.000 --> 03:50.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IT'S LARGER THAN WE'VE SEEN BUT 03:47.566 --> 03:52.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IT DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT 03:49.166 --> 03:54.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WOMEN ARE GOING TO HAVE FEWER 03:50.966 --> 03:55.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CHILDREN OVER THEIR LIFETIME. 03:52.433 --> 03:56.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% WE DON'T KNOW YET. 03:54.466 --> 03:58.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% >> HOW ABOUT OTHER 03:55.800 --> 04:00.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES WHAT 03:56.833 --> 04:00.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% ARE THEY SEEING IN TERMS OF 03:58.833 --> 04:02.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% FERTILITY RATES? 04:00.200 --> 04:04.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 04:00.766 --> 04:06.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% WELL, THE U.S. FERTILITY RATE 04:02.766 --> 04:06.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% WAS HIGHER THAN MOST OTHER 04:04.966 --> 04:08.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES FOR A 04:06.300 --> 04:10.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% LONGTIME. 04:06.666 --> 04:11.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% AND SO WE ARE COMING CLOSER 04:08.366 --> 04:13.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% GETTING IN LINE WITH OUR 04:10.866 --> 04:15.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:47.5% EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. 04:11.733 --> 04:17.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SO OUR BIRTH RATE IS STILL 04:13.600 --> 04:17.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HIGHER THAN GERMANY, ITALY, 04:15.733 --> 04:20.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% SPAIN, GREECE AND OTHER 04:17.200 --> 04:22.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% COUNTRIES. 04:17.566 --> 04:26.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% AND SO WE MIGHT JUST BE GETTING 04:20.466 --> 04:27.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% CLOSER TO THE NORMA MUNG 04:22.466 --> 04:31.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES. 04:26.033 --> 04:33.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% >> PERHAPS THE UNITED STATES 04:27.700 --> 04:36.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HAS BEEN FOR WANT OF A BETTER 04:31.933 --> 04:39.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% TERM, LUCKY IN THE SENSE THAT 04:33.866 --> 04:39.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% OUR FERTILITY RATE BIRTH RATE 04:36.800 --> 04:41.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HAS BEEN FAIRLY CONSTANT OR 04:39.200 --> 04:43.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% GROWING? 04:39.766 --> 04:44.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> WELL, IT HAS NOT BEEN GROWING 04:41.533 --> 04:45.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% BUT IT'S BEEN CONSTANT 04:43.100 --> 04:47.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% THROUGHOUT THE 90s AND THE 04:44.933 --> 04:49.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% 2000'S. 04:45.266 --> 04:49.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND SO WE STARTED TO SEE THIS 04:47.400 --> 04:51.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DECLINE DURING THE GREAT 04:49.133 --> 04:52.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% RECESSION. 04:49.500 --> 04:52.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND SO WE JUST DON'T KNOW YET 04:51.133 --> 04:55.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN THE 04:52.600 --> 04:57.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:17.5% FUTURE. 04:52.933 --> 04:58.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> AS I UNDERSTAND IT THE U.S. 04:55.233 --> 04:58.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% FERTILITY RATE HAS FALLEN 04:57.000 --> 05:02.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% FURTHER THAN THE REPLACEMENT 04:58.600 --> 05:04.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:12.5% RATE. 04:58.900 --> 05:05.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% IS THAT A PROBLEM? 05:02.300 --> 05:08.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> AGAIN, SOME PEOPLE THINK SO. 05:04.533 --> 05:09.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MOST PROFESSIONALS DO NOT. 05:05.866 --> 05:11.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% IT MEANS IF THERE WERE NO 05:08.233 --> 05:12.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% MIGRATION, THE SIZE OF THE 05:09.666 --> 05:14.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% POPULATION WOULD START TO 05:11.266 --> 05:15.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:45% DECLINE OVER TIME. 05:12.033 --> 05:17.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% BUT WE ARE NOT A LOT UNDER 05:14.633 --> 05:18.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% REPLACEMENT RATE. 05:15.333 --> 05:19.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% AND WE DON'T KNOW IF IT WILL 05:17.000 --> 05:21.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:40% CONTINUE OR NOT. 05:18.133 --> 05:23.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND MANY OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE 05:19.366 --> 05:24.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% BEEN BELOW REPLACEMENT RATE FOR 05:21.566 --> 05:26.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:20% A WHILE. 05:23.000 --> 05:28.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% AND SOME HAVE FOUND IT TO BE A 05:24.933 --> 05:30.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PROBLEM BUT MOST HAVE NOT. 05:26.566 --> 05:31.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% IF WE ADAPT OUR POLICIES 05:28.933 --> 05:34.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% SLIGHTLY, WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY 05:30.233 --> 05:36.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% ABOUT IT. 05:31.400 --> 05:38.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> BECAUSE SO MANY PEOPLE WORRY 05:34.366 --> 05:41.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% OR WONDER IF AS BABY-BOOMERS ARE 05:36.833 --> 05:42.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% AGING IS THERE GOING TO BE 05:38.333 --> 05:44.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% ENOUGH OF A YOUNGER WORKFORCE TO 05:41.566 --> 05:44.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% MAINTAIN SOCIAL SECURITY AND 05:42.766 --> 05:46.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% THOSE KINDS OF THINGS. 05:44.366 --> 05:48.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 05:44.800 --> 05:49.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> IS THAT A LEGITIMATE FEAR? 05:46.933 --> 05:51.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% >> THINK TO SOME DEGREE. 05:48.733 --> 05:52.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% HOWEVER, MAINTAINING SOCIAL 05:49.766 --> 05:54.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% SECURITY IS MORE ABOUT OUR 05:51.333 --> 05:56.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% FISCAL POLICIES AND HOW WE 05:52.900 --> 05:57.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% BUDGET FOR SOCIAL SECURITY AND 05:54.200 --> 05:58.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% IT'S LESS ABOUT SMALL 05:56.133 --> 05:59.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FLUCTUATIONS IN THE SIZE OF THE 05:57.633 --> 05:59.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% WORKFORCE. 05:58.000 --> 06:02.666 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% WE HAVE A LARGE WORKFORCE IN THE 05:59.666 --> 06:02.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:10% U.S. 05:59.933 --> 06:04.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND WE STILL HAVE HIGH MIGRATION 06:02.666 --> 06:06.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% RATES. 06:02.966 --> 06:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO WE DON'T THINK WE NEED TO BE 06:04.933 --> 06:09.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% CONCERNED ABOUT THE LABOR FORCE 06:06.233 --> 06:11.866 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% SIZE YET. 06:07.566 --> 06:15.600 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% >> BACK TO WHAT YOU JUST ELUDED 06:09.166 --> 06:17.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% TO THE MIGRATION RATES RIGHT NOW 06:11.866 --> 06:19.766 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% IS HOW BIG A ROLE DOES 06:15.600 --> 06:21.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% IMMIGRATION PLAY IN MAINTAINING 06:17.766 --> 06:24.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% THE POPULATION AT A RATE THAT IS 06:19.766 --> 06:25.633 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HELPFUL FOR THE ECONOMY? 06:21.133 --> 06:27.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% >> YOU KNOW, THE U.S. HAS LONG 06:24.133 --> 06:29.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% BEEN A COUNTRY OF IMMIGRANTS AND 06:25.633 --> 06:30.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE HAVE GONE THROUGH PERIODS 06:27.366 --> 06:31.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% WHERE WE HAVE HAD FEWER 06:29.133 --> 06:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IMMIGRANTS AND PERIODS WITH A 06:30.500 --> 06:36.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% LARGER SHARE OF THE POPULATION 06:31.566 --> 06:37.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:50% THAT ARE IMMIGRANTS. 06:34.800 --> 06:40.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IT'S IMPORTANT TO OUR NATIONAL 06:36.233 --> 06:42.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% IDENTITY AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO 06:37.533 --> 06:43.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% OUR WORKFORCE AND WE ARE RIGHT 06:40.200 --> 06:45.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% NOW, THE PERCENTAGE OF NEW 06:42.300 --> 06:47.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% IMMIGRANTS WE HAVE COMING TO THE 06:43.400 --> 06:49.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% U.S. HAS FALLEN WITH SOME OF THE 06:45.566 --> 06:49.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% POLICIES IN PLACE AND WITH THE 06:47.500 --> 06:51.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ECONOMIC DOWNTURN OF THE GREAT 06:49.466 --> 06:53.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:25% RECESSION. 06:49.833 --> 06:55.000 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO WE ARE AT A LOWER POINT THAN 06:51.366 --> 06:57.366 align:start position:10% line:74% size:70% WE HAVE BEEN IN THE PAST FEW 06:53.833 --> 06:58.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% DECADES FOR IMMIGRATION. 06:55.000 --> 06:59.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% >> IS THERE AN IDEAL DEMOGRAPHIC 06:57.366 --> 07:01.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:55% PROFILE FOR A COUNTRY? 06:58.800 --> 07:02.500 align:start position:10% line:74% size:15% >> NO. 06:59.166 --> 07:05.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% IT IS ALL A MATTER OF HOW OUR 07:01.100 --> 07:06.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:57.5% SOCIAL POLICIES ADJUST. 07:02.500 --> 07:08.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% SO THERE IS A WIDE RANGE OF 07:05.233 --> 07:10.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% FERTILITY RATES THAT COULD BE 07:06.933 --> 07:12.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% HEALTHY FOR THE COUNTRY. 07:08.033 --> 07:15.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND IT'S JUST A MATTER OF 07:10.466 --> 07:17.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% ADJUSTING OUR PUBLIC POLICIES 07:12.100 --> 07:18.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND ADJUSTING OUR LABOR FORCE IN 07:15.466 --> 07:20.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% RESPONSE TO THE SOCIETAL 07:17.733 --> 07:22.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:27.5% CONDITIONS. 07:18.133 --> 07:25.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% >> YOU TOLD OUR PRODUCER THAT 07:20.066 --> 07:26.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% YOU FELT THAT THIS COUNTRY WAS 07:22.900 --> 07:27.833 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% PERHAPS INVESTING TOO MANY 07:25.433 --> 07:28.266 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% RESOURCES ON THE ELDERLY. 07:26.433 --> 07:29.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% WHAT DO YOU MEAN? 07:27.833 --> 07:31.300 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% >> RIGHT. 07:28.266 --> 07:32.966 align:start position:10% line:74% size:67.5% WELL, I DO NOT WANT TO TAKE 07:29.800 --> 07:34.800 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% ANYTHING AWAY FROM THE ELDERLY. 07:31.300 --> 07:35.166 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% BUT I THINK WE NEED TO BE 07:32.966 --> 07:36.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% INVESTING MORE IN FAMILIES WITH 07:34.800 --> 07:39.133 align:start position:10% line:74% size:22.5% CHILDREN. 07:35.166 --> 07:42.700 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% I HAVE NEW RESEARCH WITH A 07:36.566 --> 07:44.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% COLLEAGUE AT DUKE AND WE'VE JUST 07:39.133 --> 07:45.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% LOOKED AT THE WEALTH HOLDING OF 07:42.700 --> 07:48.100 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% FAMILIES IN THE U.S., FAMILIES 07:44.066 --> 07:50.233 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% WITH CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY. 07:45.466 --> 07:52.033 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% AND 90% OF ELDERLY HOUSEHOLDS 07:48.100 --> 07:53.533 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% HAVE SEEN THEIR WEALTH GO UP IN 07:50.233 --> 07:54.733 align:start position:10% line:74% size:60% THREE DECADES AND 90% OF 07:52.033 --> 07:56.466 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN HAVE SEEN 07:53.533 --> 07:58.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:52.5% THEIR WEALTH GO DOWN. 07:54.733 --> 07:59.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% AND THAT REFLECTS BROADER 07:56.466 --> 08:02.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% CHANGES IN THE ECONOMY BUT IT 07:58.333 --> 08:04.200 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% ALSO REFLECTS THE FACT THAT WE 07:59.900 --> 08:06.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:62.5% ARE NOT PAYING AS MUCH OF 08:02.200 --> 08:07.566 align:start position:10% line:74% size:75% COLLEGE TUITION AS WE USED TO. 08:04.200 --> 08:09.900 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% FEDERAL AND STATE INVESTMENT IN 08:06.433 --> 08:10.933 align:start position:10% line:74% size:72.5% HIGHER EDUCATION HAS DECLINED 08:07.566 --> 08:13.333 align:start position:10% line:74% size:80% AND NOW WE KNOW MORE PEOPLE NEED 08:09.900 --> 08:14.400 align:start position:10% line:74% size:42.5% HIGHER EDUCATION. 08:10.933 --> 08:18.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% SO THOSE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES THE 08:13.333 --> 08:18.433 align:start position:10% line:74% size:77.5% WAY WE ARE NOT INVEST UNWILLING 08:14.400 --> 08:20.066 align:start position:10% line:74% size:65% OUR CHILDREN AND IN SOME'S