[thaumasiotes]

> Meanwhile everyone says Japan's only hope to keep their labor pool growing against their greying population is to start getting women involved.

I was under the impression that as women join the workforce their fertility plummets. This seems incredibly counterproductive if the problem is a "greying population"?

[cubancigar11]

I heard it was education that correlated negatively with fertility. Although education and careerism go hand in hand, I think the difference is still huge.

[thaumasiotes]

Education definitely does severely inhibit fertility. I think both have independent effects, but I have no numbers to hand so I could be off.