Replacement Migration

The wave of the future

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9953526
AutoresCharles B Keely (Walsh University, autor correspondente), Charles Keely
Ano2001
Volume39
Fascículo6
Páginas103-110
Data de publicação2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2435.00181
OpenAlexW1969227792
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7

The Population Division of the United Nations issued a report in 1999 on using migration to counteract the effects of low fertility on population size and ageing. The report looked at eight industrial countries and two regions, Europe and the European Union. Using population projections, the analysts estimated the amount of migration necessary to maintain both labour forces and the ratios of workers to retirees at a constant level. This article agrees with the report that substituting migration for low fertility requires politically insupportable levels of migration. The article also concludes that the labour force and retirement financing outlook is not as dire as the UN report insinuates

Demographic economics · Development economics · Division of labour · Economics · European union · Fertility · Geography · International trade · Market economy · Political science · Population · Population ageing · Projections of population growth · Sociology · Demography · Global Health Care Issues · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Aging, and Tourism Studies