TY - JOUR
T1 - Europe at the crossroads: demographic challenges and international migration
AU - van Nimwegen, N.
AU - van der Erf, R.F.
N1 - Reporting year: 2010
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Two demographic challenges confront Europe today: population ageing and population
decline. These challenges are two sides of the same demographic coin. While low fertility
and increasing longevity cause populations to rapidly grow older, low fertility also leads to
population decline. This paper describes recent and expected changes in the size and
composition of the European population and the underlying demographic trends in fertility,
mortality and migration. Although international migration is now the major cause of
European population growth, it is questionable whether migration can prevent population
decline. International migration spurs population diversity in different ways across Europe
and is the most volatile demographic phenomenon as it depends on both push and pull
factors that are difficult to manage. From a demographic perspective the challenges of
international migration for citizenship, both from intra-European migration and more
particularly from migration from outside Europe, are likely to increase in the near future.
Keywords: population ageing; population decline; Europe; international mdgration;
Demographic trends; population diversity
AB - Two demographic challenges confront Europe today: population ageing and population
decline. These challenges are two sides of the same demographic coin. While low fertility
and increasing longevity cause populations to rapidly grow older, low fertility also leads to
population decline. This paper describes recent and expected changes in the size and
composition of the European population and the underlying demographic trends in fertility,
mortality and migration. Although international migration is now the major cause of
European population growth, it is questionable whether migration can prevent population
decline. International migration spurs population diversity in different ways across Europe
and is the most volatile demographic phenomenon as it depends on both push and pull
factors that are difficult to manage. From a demographic perspective the challenges of
international migration for citizenship, both from intra-European migration and more
particularly from migration from outside Europe, are likely to increase in the near future.
Keywords: population ageing; population decline; Europe; international mdgration;
Demographic trends; population diversity
U2 - 10.1080/1369183X.2010.515132
DO - 10.1080/1369183X.2010.515132
M3 - Article
SN - 1369-183X
VL - 36
SP - 1359
EP - 1379
JO - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
JF - Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
IS - 9
ER -