The author examines the impact of migrant workers in Europe on such demographic developments as declining fertility, population decrease, and demographic aging. Official government and U.N. data are used to contrast age distributions of migrant and native populations in selected receiving countries in Europe. "In his analysis of the impact of second-generation migrants on demographic development in the principal European employment countries, the author shows that in all of these countries the foreign population improves the age distribution of the population as a whole by way of reinforcing the weight of the younger age groups in relation to the older groups. The ageing of the national populations...is thus countered by the presence of second-generation migrants." (summary in ENG) excerpt

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Comparative Studies economics population Migrants demography Europe Population Dynamics Nonmigrants Developed Countries comparative study fertility health care manpower Health Manpower Population Decrease Article migration age international migration developed country Age Factors population and population related phenomena Demographic Factors Demographic Aging age distribution Emigration and Immigration Economic Factors Transients and Migrants Population Characteristics Human Resources Demographic Impact Labor Force employment Fertility--changes English Abstract