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Replacement migration
— implications for the sender countries | | Author(s) | Daniel Rauhut, Mats Johansson |
| Corporate Author | Oxford Institute of Ageing |
| Journal title | Ageing Horizons, 2006, no 4, Spring/Summer 2006 |
| Publisher | Oxford Institute of Ageing, Oxford, Spring/Summer 2006 |
| Pages | pp 19-26 |
| Source | Download only from: http:/www.ageing.ox.ac.uk/ageinghorizons |
| Keywords | Migration ; Demography ; Employment ; Europe. |
| Annotation | Much of the debate about 'replacement migration' has taken it for granted that if Europe opens up its borders, migrants will arrive. According the United Nations Population Division (UNPD), 1840 million net migrants are needed over the period 2000 to 2050 to master the population decline. This figure is so high that it is not realistic to think that immigration could be a sufficient solution to the region's demographic challenges. A second problem is, will the migrant labour that is likely to arrive have the necessary skills and competencies? Although the effects of migration on potential host countries in the western world have been much analysed and debated, relatively little attention has ben directed at the implications for the sender countries of such large scale migration. This paper discusses four questions regarding the effects of out-migration on the countries which are helping - or might help in future - to meet the demand for labour in richer countries. Will the migrants come anyway, and from which countries will they come? What will the migration flows look like? What are the demographic profiles of these countries? Will the out-migration exacerbate existing problems of demographic ageing in these countries? (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060809205 A |
| Classmark | TN: S8: WJ: 74 |
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