Faster, Younger, Richer? The Fond Hope and Sobering Reality of Immigration's Impact on Canada's Demographic and Economic Future

Robin Banerjee and William Robson

C.D. Howe Institute Commentary, 2009, issue 291

Abstract: More and younger immigrants cannot, on their own, offset the impact of low past fertility on Canadian workforce growth, old-age dependency, and incomes per person. Later retirement, higher fertility, and faster productivity growth are more powerful tools to ease the stress of demographic change on Canadian living standards.

Keywords: economic growth and innovation; immigration; demographics; aging (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J11 J13 J14 J18 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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