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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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immigrant students. Enhancing teachers’ preparedness to accommodate students’ diverse educational needs is another pre …-requisite. Strengthening integration further hinges upon meeting the housing needs of the immigrant population, including through an increase …
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China is well-placed to avoid the so-called “middle-income trap” and to continue to converge towards the more advanced economies, even though growth is likely to slow from near double-digit rates in the first decade of this millennium to around 7% at the 2020 horizon. However, in order to...
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fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various … aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The Western Development Plan has aimed at narrowing the income gap between … inequality across provinces show that, if migration is taken into account, disparities are markedly less, and have tended to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480479
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
growth and fiscal positions. One factor that is expected to mitigate these trends is continued inflows of migrant workers …-à-vis the OECD may weaken economic incentives for migration and imply a transition away from current migration patterns. This … paper uses data of the high-skilled and low-skilled migrant stock between 92 origin and 44 destination countries to …
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China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444116
Overall, health outcomes in China have improved tremendously over the past three decades, especially thanks to the reduction in some traditional infectious diseases. However, death rates from chronic diseases have been on the rise, not least owing to changes in life styles and deteriorating...
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fairly steep since the 1980s. Policy action has taken the form of regional development measures and of reforms of various … aspects of the social safety net broadly defined. The Western Development Plan has aimed at narrowing the income gap between … inequality across provinces show that, if migration is taken into account, disparities are markedly less, and have tended to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444749
China’s population is set to age fast, owing to low fertility and rising life expectancy. With ongoing migration of the …’espérance de vie. Dans un contexte de migration des cohortes plus jeunes vers les agglomérations, la hausse du taux de dépendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542491