tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post8759640451310053725..comments2024-03-24T20:13:39.387+00:00Comments on demography.matters.blog: On the very unlikely Eurabianization of southern EuropeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-22407778826896969852012-02-08T15:20:56.254+00:002012-02-08T15:20:56.254+00:00I know this is an old post but I only just read it...I know this is an old post but I only just read it...two points came to mind...<br /><br />1) Having spent time in the developing world, I'm not sure migration is entirely a rational affair...desperate people see anywhere connected with 'the West' as preferable to their current situation and will go there, regardless of the economic prospects (Spain versus Germany, say) because of theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-46555448448796872632011-08-23T19:30:45.839+00:002011-08-23T19:30:45.839+00:00Countries with a high elderly dependency ratio may...Countries with a high elderly dependency ratio may end up poor, but in a different way to the poverty caused by a population boom.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.bellfolsom.com/practice-areas/dui-defense-lawyer-attorney/" rel="nofollow">Overland Park dui lawyer</a>Johnfarnandezhttp://www.bellfolsom.com/practice-areas/dui-defense-lawyer-attorney/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-35521061502960671452011-08-15T17:25:02.766+00:002011-08-15T17:25:02.766+00:00I totally agree for this fantastic overview. This ...I totally agree for this fantastic overview. This is nice post<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.bellfolsom.com/practice-areas/dui-defense-lawyer-attorney/" rel="nofollow">Overland Park dui attorney</a>nancynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-19188211731683627472011-07-12T15:05:03.089+00:002011-07-12T15:05:03.089+00:00China is already seeing immigration coming from th...China is already seeing immigration coming from the south, especially from Vietnam, and China is at the same level of per capita income as poor Albania (in fact Albania is probably richer than China taking into account the low share of personal income and consumption to GDP in China compared to Albania and the extensive informal economy in Albania). Yet in media, Albania is portrayed as some sortAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-90782975930102480552011-07-12T14:30:36.742+00:002011-07-12T14:30:36.742+00:00Maybe lag behind but not get poorer. These countri...Maybe lag behind but not get poorer. These countries are already rich and the fact of the matter is that even so called stagnant Japan being the oldest society has seen per capita GDP growth at the same level as US in the last 10 years.<br /><br />Baltics and Poland has few immigrants because of unemployment not because there are richer countries further west. Other former communist countries Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19949676.post-78514544141945913922011-07-12T11:23:32.609+00:002011-07-12T11:23:32.609+00:00Countries with a high elderly dependency ratio may...Countries with a high elderly dependency ratio may end up poor, but in a different way to the poverty caused by a population boom. The gerontocracy will probably result in high taxes, dysfunctional pension/health systems and a high cost of living even compared to richer countries. The economy will be anaemic mainly because of chronic labour shortages, leading to a stagnant labour pool that Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17472849515808155408noreply@blogger.com