Abstract
Article presenting an economic forecast to the year 2000 of the social implications and economic implications of an hypothetical sudden reduction of fertility rates in Brazil - uses ilo-ibge bachue growth model simulation to evaluate impact on population dynamics, on technological change (partic. Agricultural employment, wage rates, rural migration), etc., And concludes on aggravation of income distribution disparities between low income lower class and upper classes with higher educational level. Graph, references and statistical tables.