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population size and age structure, sub-national population size and change, international migration, ethnicity, families and …
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different factors: fertility, mortality and migration. A fourth factor that is often related, momentum, is analysed in a … increase (births and deaths) and migration, both domestic and international. We first present a review of population flows, and … then disaggregate these into their components; natural increase and net migration, so as to provide a demographic …
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reduction in persecution. Yet a large literature suggests that migration can be a very stressful process, with potentially … negative impacts on mental health reducing the net benefits of migration. However, to truly understand the effect of migration … between these groups. This paper overcomes the selection problems affecting previous studies of the effect of migration on …
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Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general … overcome this problem, providing an experimental measure of the income gains from migration. New Zealand allows a quota of … conducted by the authors in these two countries allows experimental estimates of the income gains from migration to be obtained …
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The demographic profile of a region is usually seen as a slowly changing background phenomenon in the analysis of regional competitiveness and regional growth. However, regional demographic change can have a significant impact on regional competitiveness and such change is often more rapid and...
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instability of migration as a component of population change. Unlike the standard cohort-component methodology, in which net … migration levels are projected, the key parameters of our stochastic methodology are age-gender-area specific net migration … by net migration. Generally, the identified and modelled uncertainty makes the traditional ‘mid range’ scenario of sub …
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Seasonal migration programs are widely used around the world, and are increasingly seen as offering a potential 'triple …
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Australia launched the Pacific Seasonal Worker Pilot Scheme in August 2008. This program was designed to alleviate labor shortages for the Australian horticultural industry by providing opportunities for workers from Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, and Vanuatu to undertake seasonal work. This...
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This report provides a comprehensive demographic and socio-economic profile of the Maori population in Australia using data from the 2011 Australia Census of Population and Housing. The purpose is to provide an evidence base with which to inform future policy approaches with respect to Maori in...
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show that there are very high levels of emigration and of return migration among the very highly skilled; the income gains …; there are large benefits from migration in terms of postgraduate education; most high-skilled migrants from poorer countries …
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