Circular and return migration are the globally endorsed preferred models for health workforce mobility. Australia is the sole country to date to record emigration as well as immigration flows, including data permitting analysis of migration dynamics and scale in specific vocational fields....

Striking demographic shifts are underway in developed nations, where fertility decline is fuelling competition for high-skilled migrants. According to the Chief Economist of the OECD, ‘Over the next couple of decades nothing will impact on (member) economies more profoundly than demographic...