Immigration is Mostly About Fertility

By Jonathan V. Last, Los Angeles Times

When it comes to immigration, demographers have a general rule of thumb: Countries with fertility rates below the replacement level (2.1) tend to attract immigrants, not send them. And so, when a country’s fertility rate collapses, it often ceases to be a source of immigration. Many Latin American countries have already fallen below the replacement level.

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