Working Paper
Fertility Changes and Replacement Migration
Yunus Aksoy, Gylfi Zoega
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8565
CESifo, Munich, 2020
CESifo Working Paper No. 8565
We study OECD countries that differ in immigration policies but share a high level of human capital. We find significant negative statistical relationship between 16 years lagged fertility and the rate of immigration in a panel of 23 countries, which indicates that immigration compensates for low fertility in the labor market.
CESifo Category
Labour Markets
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Growth
Labour Markets
Fiscal Policy, Macroeconomics and Growth
Keywords: fertility, replacement migration
JEL Classification: J130, J610