This paper reviews immigration trends and their economic impacts in a number of OECD countries. While migration systems … migration flows. Some of the main factors driving immigration are then briefly discussed. The paper also considers the economic … claims that, while migration can partly offset slower growing or declining OECD populations, it cannot provide by itself a …

through official or unofficial migration, despite various obstacles to labour mobility, including the registration system and …

Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …

) and fostering migration, notably of skilled workers. The significant ageing-related decline in the labour force …

inequality across provinces show that, if migration is taken into account, disparities are markedly less, and have tended to …

-à-vis the OECD may weaken economic incentives for migration and imply a transition away from current migration patterns. This … highlight the relationship between economic factors and migration. The paper also attempts to uncover links with policy and … the destination country are associated with more migration. This relationship appears to be particularly strong for …