Germany faces a major crisis. The German birth rate is considerably below what’s needed to replace the population. German seniors, meanwhile, are living longer and drawing more on state resources for their pensions and health care. There are basically two ways out of this demographic crisis. First of all, Germany could boost its birth rate. The German state provides generous family leave and child-care policies not to mention the famous Kindergelt, the direct monthly payments of child benefits and the fertility rate has indeed edged up over the years from 1.24 children per woman in 1994 to 1.57 today. But the trend in industrialized countries suggests that it will be difficult to push the rate much higher. The closest to the replacement rate of 2.1 children that any EU country gets is France at 1.88.
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Apr 22, 2021
Mumbai – India’s 50 million domestic workers already had it tough. Now the mostly female force of cooks, cleaners and carers must test negative for coronavirus and get vaccinated to keep earning, a crippling new cost of the pandemic.
COVID-19 infections have already topped 15 million nationwide, a tally only surpassed by the United States.
Parts of the country, including New Delhi and India’s financial capital Mumbai, have imposed lockdowns with health facilities unable to cope with the latest wave of the virus.
The crisis sweeping the cities means that women who want domestic work must first prove they pose no risk to the family.