replacement rate

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Replacement rate is the level at which something maintains its current quantity rather than growing or shrinking.

In demography, the replacement rate (about 2.1 children per woman in developed countries) is the fertility level needed to keep population stable: Birth rates have fallen below replacement rate in most of Europe.

In employment, it describes how quickly departed workers are replaced, or in unemployment insurance, what percentage of former wages benefits cover.

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demographic continuity

replacement rateretention rate

Proportion remaining over time

employee retention · growth rate · survival rate · steady state · stagnation

population stability

replacement ratepopulation decline

Decreasing number of inhabitants

extinction rate · depopulation · population explosion · hyperfertility

workforce/organizational continuity

replacement rateretention rate

Proportion remaining over time

employee retention · staff retention · attrition rate · turnover rate · churn rate

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