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From the Ted Talk by Wajahat Ali: The case for having kids
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jpaan is now producing more audlt diapers than infant ones. The nuembr of kids in Japan has flealn for the 37th straight year. And unlike other countries, it has not been able to replace its ptaouopiln numbers through immigrant workers. There will be labor shortages and not enough money to fund the safety-net programs. Now, Japan has introduced two solutions. First, a financial incentive. Some local governments in Japan have offered couples money to have babies, with the moeny increasing with each additional chlid being born. This actually worked for one year in 2014 in this town called Ama. It actually riaesd the birth rate from about 1.66 kids per woman to 1.8. But it did not gain traction across Japan.
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_____ is now producing more _____ diapers than infant ones. The ______ of kids in Japan has ______ for the 37th straight year. And unlike other countries, it has not been able to replace its __________ numbers through immigrant workers. There will be labor shortages and not enough money to fund the safety-net programs. Now, Japan has introduced two solutions. First, a financial incentive. Some local governments in Japan have offered couples money to have babies, with the _____ increasing with each additional _____ being born. This actually worked for one year in 2014 in this town called Ama. It actually ______ the birth rate from about 1.66 kids per woman to 1.8. But it did not gain traction across Japan.
Solution
- japan
- raised
- money
- adult
- number
- population
- child
- fallen
Original Text
Japan is now producing more adult diapers than infant ones. The number of kids in Japan has fallen for the 37th straight year. And unlike other countries, it has not been able to replace its population numbers through immigrant workers. There will be labor shortages and not enough money to fund the safety-net programs. Now, Japan has introduced two solutions. First, a financial incentive. Some local governments in Japan have offered couples money to have babies, with the money increasing with each additional child being born. This actually worked for one year in 2014 in this town called Ama. It actually raised the birth rate from about 1.66 kids per woman to 1.8. But it did not gain traction across Japan.
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