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Book review: Population in Asia by W. C. Sanderson and Jee‐Peng Tan, Avebury, Aldershot, 1996. No. of pages: xvii + 243, Price: 39.95 (hardback). ISBN 1 85972 309 8.

Book review: Population in Asia by W. C. Sanderson and Jee‐Peng Tan, Avebury, Aldershot, 1996.... Book Reviews 205 net migration as a measure of demographic change on aggregate ¯ows within the total population, and and as a correlate to economic change, particularly not the labour force. Yet economic migration among when gross ¯ows are widely available at a number the young and elderly is less of a direct issue. More of geographical scales and from numerous sources. important issues in these age groups include tied Unfortunately, such a uni-regional approach offers migration or migration associated with amenities or relatively few fresh insights into the research ques- health needs. Consequently, the analysis and tions and fails to convince the reader that some- conclusions would have been better suited had thing new is at hand. Numerous papers over the the labour force age groups been focused upon. past two decades have pointed out the weaknesses Overall, the insights that this book provides ± that inherent in the use of net migration as a measure of migration and employment change interact with mobility. The argument is well known: net migrants each other and that migration has both an equili- do not exist, net changes in regional population brating and disequilibrating effect on employment stocks are often small http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Population Geography Wiley

Book review: Population in Asia by W. C. Sanderson and Jee‐Peng Tan, Avebury, Aldershot, 1996. No. of pages: xvii + 243, Price: 39.95 (hardback). ISBN 1 85972 309 8.

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Wiley
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Copyright © 1998 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
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1077-3495
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1099-1220
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10.1002/(SICI)1099-1220(199806)4:2<205::AID-IJPG90>3.0.CO;2-X
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Book Reviews 205 net migration as a measure of demographic change on aggregate ¯ows within the total population, and and as a correlate to economic change, particularly not the labour force. Yet economic migration among when gross ¯ows are widely available at a number the young and elderly is less of a direct issue. More of geographical scales and from numerous sources. important issues in these age groups include tied Unfortunately, such a uni-regional approach offers migration or migration associated with amenities or relatively few fresh insights into the research ques- health needs. Consequently, the analysis and tions and fails to convince the reader that some- conclusions would have been better suited had thing new is at hand. Numerous papers over the the labour force age groups been focused upon. past two decades have pointed out the weaknesses Overall, the insights that this book provides ± that inherent in the use of net migration as a measure of migration and employment change interact with mobility. The argument is well known: net migrants each other and that migration has both an equili- do not exist, net changes in regional population brating and disequilibrating effect on employment stocks are often small

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International Journal of Population Geography – Wiley

Published: Jun 1, 1998

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