Replacement Migration

The wave of the future

Bibliographic Data

ID9953526
AuthorsCharles B Keely (Walsh University, corresponding author), Charles Keely
Year2001
Volume39
Issue6
Pages103-110
Publication date2001-02-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Migration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-7985 • E-ISSN: 1468-2435
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/1468-2435.00181
OpenAlexW1969227792
LanguageEN
Citations received7

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