title: Zero net international migration: what does it really mean?
abstract: "The idea of ¿zero net migration' is gaining increasing currency. It has been assumed that if there is balance between the number of immigrants and emigrants, migration will have no impact on a country's population size. However, this article demonstrates that zero net migration is not necessarily the same as zero migration, and can result in a higher population than would have occurred without any migration at all." The examples of Germany and the United States are presented.
mesh_terms: D000569:Americas; D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005858:Germany; D009656:North America; D011153:Population; D011156:Population Density; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011640:Public Policy; D014481:United States
keywords: Americas; Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Europe; Germany; International Migration; Migration; Migration Policy; North America; Northern America; Policy; Population; Population Dynamics; Population Policy; Population Size; Social Policy; United States; Western Europe