The current birth rates are a sign that models that have been used for a long time will lose their effectiveness within a few years. This will lead to changes in the dynamics between companies and employees due to the low supply of professionals compared to the number of existing vacancies, which could lead to an increase in the value of labor with drastic repercussions on the production of goods and services.
In the classic pension model, the problem is the lack of sustainability in a scenario in which, as generations retire, the number of people working also decreases due to the low birth rate. As the fertility rate falls, there is a risk of development delays with significant losses in the process of technological innovation.
In this way, goals linked to Sustainable Development may be affected in an extremely negative way, not following the immediate reflex that we think that fewer people mean less consumption, less extraction and a better environment.
