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Journal of Population Sciences

Table 3 Scenario estimates of annual change in migration pressure, by country

From: Prospects of labour migration pressure in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Turkey

 

Scenarios

Reference period

Business as usual

Open economies

Closed economies

2000–2015

2015–2025

2025–2035

2015–2025

2025–2035

2015–2025

2025–2035

Morocco

GDP

4.5%

4.5%

4.5%

5.6%

5.6%

2.3%

2.3%

Output per worker

2.9%

2.9%

2.9%

3.6%

4.4%

0.0%

0.0%

Working-age population

1.7%

0.8%

0.7%

0.6%

0.8%

0.6%

0.7%

Employment ratio

−0.1%

0.8%

0.9%

1.4%

0.5%

1.6%

1.6%

Non-employed population

180,621

1,528

5,492

-3,287

23,356

−136,840

−183,178

Migration pressure

+

+

+

+

Algeria

GDP

3.6%

3.6%

3.6%

4.5%

4.5%

1.8%

1.8%

Output per worker

−0.3%

0.0%

0.0%

3.6%

3.6%

0.0%

0.0%

Working-age population

2.0%

1.2%

1.0%

1.1%

1.0%

0.9%

0.8%

Employment ratio

1.9%

2.4%

2.6%

−0.2%

0.0%

0.9%

1.0%

Non-employed population

105,304

−189,876

−424,462

198,533

170,245

7,490

−50,579

Migration pressure

+

+

+

+

Tunisia

GDP

3.2%

3.2%

3.2%

4.0%

4.0%

1.6%

1.6%

Output per worker

1.9%

1.9%

1.9%

2.8%

2.8%

0.0%

0.0%

Working-age population

1.5%

0.4%

0.6%

0.4%

0.5%

0.0%

0.2%

Employment ratio

−0.2%

0.9%

0.7%

0.8%

0.7%

1.6%

1.4%

Non-employed population

65,423

−14,978

−5,012

−12,578

−7,770

−58,295

−52,416

Migration pressure

+

Turkey

GDP

4.0%

4.0%

4.0%

5.0%

5.0%

2.0%

2.0%

Output per worker

2.2%

2.2%

2.2%

3.3%

3.3%

0.0%

0.0%

Working-age population

1.8%

0.9%

0.6%

1.0%

0.5%

0.8%

0.5%

Employment ratio

0.0%

0.8%

1.2%

0.7%

1.1%

1.2%

1.5%

Non-employed population

430,897

11,468

−252,805

55,109

−241,963

−119,245

−390,439

Migration pressure

+

+

+