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baby bust
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baby bust
n.
A sudden decline in the birthrate, especially the one in the United States from about 1961 to 1981.
baby-bust (bb-bst) adj.
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The following prediction, quoted from a popular lousiness magazine in 1979, is typical: "Over the next 25 years [the baby-bust generation] will enjoy better entry-level jobs, higher relative income, and faster promotions because of sparser numbers.
Comparing the labor market success of young adults from two ... by Schrammel, Kurt / Monthly Labor Review
This is part two of a series examining how immigration and the baby-bust generation are changing the nature of housing demand in America.
The changing face of America's homebuyers by McArdle, Nancy; Masnick, George S. / Mortgage Banking
Relative income flattened out for young men and women in the second half of the 1980s, as the small current generation of youth the baby-bust generation) replaced the baby-boom generation, although reduced demand for lower-skilled workers apparently prevented a reversal of the earlier decline.
Issues in labor supply by Shack-Marquez, Janice / Federal Reserve Bulletin
 
 
 
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