Geographic Labor Markets, Aging and Migration: A Panoramic Perspective

摘要

Older population cohorts are growing disproportionately faster than younger cohorts. This is a trend that is affecting countries and regions to different extents. At the same time, another demographic process that is also impacting on many regions is migration. Today, many migration movements are episodic and thus more unstable than in the past (e.g., from famines, war, political turbulence and natural disasters), as illustrated by the growth of return, circular and temporary or chain migration. In fact, at the same time these growing and emerging types of migration are occurring the distinction between migration and commuting is blurring, e.g., those who are commuting across continents and intercontinentally might also be viewed as temporary migrants. As with aging, there are great differentials in the manifestation of these processes across places, regions and nations and in turn in their impact on regional labor markets.