Germany not only has low fertility now, but has had for more than a generation.

德国不仅是现在出生率低，而且是一直低了有一代人。

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It takes another generation before the effect of smaller families-that is, of lower fertility-starts to show up in the overall population figures.

这得需要下一代家庭同样很小，人口出生率低，才能在总人口的数字上呈现出减少的迹象。

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Moreover, the cost of failing to produce new jobs is rising, as the babies born a generation ago (when fertility rates were higher) are entering the job market.

此外，随着一代前出生的婴儿(那个时候的出生率比较高)进入就业市场，未能产生新就业机会的成本正在上升。

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The generation in question is the one before the fertility fall really begins to bite, which in Europe and America was the baby-boom generation that is just retiring, and in China and East Asia the generation now reaching adulthood.

ECONOMIST: Demography