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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 …
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migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely …
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Regions with large cities are driving growth in Bulgaria, while many rural regions suffer from depopulation and rapid ageing. Improving living standards across all regions will require better coverage and access to public services, notably in health and long-term care. Policy action to integrate...
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Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...
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Immigrants make up one fifth of the Belgian working age population, but their labour market integration is poor. Employment rates of non-EU immigrants, in particular, are very low, and the problem extends to their native-born offspring. Further, with more precarious jobs and lower wages,...
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Immigration could offer one way for Denmark to expand its labour supply, thereby lowering the dependency ratio, at least for some time, and easing the task of ensuring fiscal sustainability. However, these beneficial effects are obtained only if immigrants are in work. Yet a significant...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045778
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444502
Immigration has increased rapidly since the late 1990s, driven largely by strong economic growth and high standards of living. By mid-2023, foreign citizens made up around 18% of the population. This has brought important economic benefits to Iceland, including by boosting the working age...
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Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off …
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) and fostering migration, notably of skilled workers. The significant ageing-related decline in the labour force …
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