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Development and Critique of the Concept of Replacement Migration

In: International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe

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  • Katarzyna Saczuk

    (IOM, Central European Forum for Migration and Population Research
    National Bank of Poland, Economic Institute
    Warsaw School of Economics)

Abstract

For the last few decades, decline in fertility and mortality have resulted in population ageing and have raised many concerns among demographers. Their uncertainty about the performance of certain public institutions (e.g. pension systems and labour markets) gave way to much consideration of what might reverse the current trends in the development of the size and structure of populations. Seemingly, one solution is the concept of replacement migration—the idea implying that international migration might be a tool to offset population ageing and its negative effects. This chapter outlines the concept and its development, and evaluates its usefulness from the point of view of different scientific disciplines. The evaluation leads to the conclusion that for the time being the concept is purely theoretical and may be used to measure the scale of the ongoing population imbalances. However, it should not be used as a planning tool as it did not consider the economic, social and political aspects of population migration.

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  • Katarzyna Saczuk, 2013. "Development and Critique of the Concept of Replacement Migration," The Springer Series on Demographic Methods and Population Analysis, in: Marek Kupiszewski (ed.), International Migration and the Future of Populations and Labour in Europe, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 233-242, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ssdmcp:978-90-481-8948-9_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-8948-9_13
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