The Real Migration Crisis

The world is in the midst of an unprecedented demographic shift that is upending age struc­tures and the geography of human population. Life expectancy continues to climb across most of the world while fertility rates are falling—especially in richer countries. The result is an aging population in upper-middle- and high-income economies, accompanied by steady growth in the working age population in the world’s poorer countries. In a CGD note and accompanying blog series, Charles Kenny examines what this global workforce imbalance could mean for both poorer and richer economies, and how countries can avert the economic consequences by embracing global worker mobility.

More from the Series

Blog Post
Australia and New Zealand: Building on a Migrant Foundation
October 13, 2021
This is the seventh in a series of blogs looking at regional aspects of future global demographic and migration patterns discussed in my paper Global Mobility: Confronting A World Workforce Imbalance. You can read other blogs in the series here.
Blog Post
The Gulf Migration Model: Can It Be Sustained?
October 08, 2021
This is the sixth in a series of blogs looking at regional aspects of future global demographic and migration patterns discussed in my paper Global Mobility: Confronting A World Workforce Imbalance. You can read other blogs in the series here.
Blog Post
Helping People Move to Jobs in South America
October 05, 2021
This is the fifth in a series of blogs looking at regional aspects of future global demographic and migration patterns discussed in my paper Global Mobility: Confronting A World Workforce Imbalance. You can read other blogs in the series here.
Blog Post
The Worker Crisis in Southern and Eastern Europe: Too Many Leaving, Not Enough Coming
October 01, 2021
This is the fourth in a series of blogs looking at regional aspects of future global demographic and migration patterns discussed in my paper Global Mobility: Confronting A World Workforce Imbalance. You can read other blogs in the series here.