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The long-term fortunes of the modern economy depend in part on the strength and sustainability of the family, both in relation t
The long-term fortunes of the modern economy depend in part on the strength and sustainability of the family, both in relation t
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2017-09-26
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问题
The long-term fortunes of the modern economy depend in part on the strength and sustainability of the family, both in relation to fertility trends and to marriage trends. This basic, but often overlooked, principle is now at work in the current global economic crisis.
The decline of marriage and fertility is one factor in the global economic crisis. That is one reason that some of the world’s leading economies — from Japan to Italy to Spain to the euro zone as a whole — are facing fiscal challenges is that their fertility rates have been below replacement levels(2. 1 children per woman)for decades. Persistent sub-replacement fertility eventually translates into fewer workers relative to retirees, which puts tremendous strains on public coffers and the economy as a whole. Indeed, one recent study finds that almost half of the recent run-up in public debt in the West can be attributed to rapid aging over the last two decades.
Even China may see its sky-high growth " come down to earth in the next few decades as its work force shrinks" because of its one-child policy, as Carlos Cavalle and I argued in a recent report, The Sustainable Demographic Dividend. By contrast, a recent Rand study suggests that "India will have more favorable demographics than China" over the next few decades, insofar as its work force is poised to grow. In fact, the Rand study suggests that India may be able to use this demographic advantage to outpace China’s economic growth rates by the end of the century.
Finally, it’s not just fertility that matters; it’s also marriage. At least in the West, children are more likely to acquire the human and social capital they need to thrive in the modern economy when they are raised in an intact, married family. In the U. S. , for instance, children are more likely to graduate from high school, complete college and be gainfully employed as young adults if they were raised in an intact, married family.
And around the globe, men are more likely to give their work their fullest effort and attention when they are married; this is one reason men worldwide enjoy " marriage premiums" in their income, ranging from about 14 percent(Mexico)to 19 percent(United States)to 35 percent(Russia). So, at least when it comes to men, research suggests that marriage has important implications for worker productivity.
The bottom-line message is that what happens in the home does not stay at home; rather, the size of families, and their stability and quality, has important implications for the health of the global economy.
The main idea of this passage is that______.
选项
A、women should bear more children in order to boost the economy
B、both marriage and fertility affect a country’s economy
C、marriage has important implications for worker productivity
D、India will outpace China’s economic growth rate by the end of the century
答案
B
解析
主旨题。文章主题段为首段。由第一段可知,现代经济长期的财富部分取决于家庭 的力量和可持续性,与生育趋势和婚姻的趋势有关。这个基本原则经常被忽略,目前正 对当前的全球经济危机有所影响。所以答案为B(婚姻和生育会影响一个国家的经济)。
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