demographic timebomb

British

noun

a predicted shortage of school-leavers and consequently of available workers, caused by an earlier drop in the birth rate, resulting in an older workforce

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In the age of the pensions crisis and demographic timebomb, it makes sense that even 71-year-old vineyard owners can be enfants terrible ...

From The Guardian ● Jun. 18, 2010

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