Question

What are channels through which migration policy can affect population growth and world income distribution?

Answer 1

Migration policies have various impacts on population growth and world income distribution. The channels through which they affect these are of different kinds and have direct and indirect effects. The rate of population growth combines of the natural increase in population and also with the effects of migration. Various countries depending on their political and economical situations, encourages or discourages migration. They adopt policies to control the level if immigrants or to encourage the flow of migrants to the country. A positive approach to migration, emigration or immigration could have high impact on the population growth of a country. Immigration friendly policies of developed countries could attract high number of immigrants searching for jobs and better standard of living leading to high population growth rate. Along with natural growth rate, migration will increase the rate of growth with immigration encouraging policies.
Migration mostly happens in search of jobs and better standard of living. Policies encouraging migration could redistribute the income furthermore fairly. Low income groups may be paid better than the situation before. Countries demanding low wage workers will support migration for the economic benefit which will make an indirect benefit on the labor force giving those better earnings. Countries also tend to discourage migration for providing opportunities for their citizens. That may only help the income distribution of that particular nation, not the world’s. Migration encouraging policies could improve the world income distribution by the providing people of the chance to migrate for better opportunities and increased wages.