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Projecting the Future Numbers of Migrant Workers in the Health and Social Care Sectors in Ireland. ESRI WP275. January 2009

Barrett, Alan and Rust, Anna (2009) Projecting the Future Numbers of Migrant Workers in the Health and Social Care Sectors in Ireland. ESRI WP275. January 2009. [Working Paper]

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    Abstract

    Ireland will experience population ageing in the coming years, whereby the percentage of the population aged 65 and over will rise from its current level of 11 percent to over 20 percent in 2035. A number of papers have looked at the implications of this process for the public finances. However, less attention has been paid to the human resource needs that will arise if increased demands are placed on health and social care systems. In this paper, we provide projections of the possible numbers that will be needed to work in the health and social care sectors out to 2035. We also consider what proportion of the extra employees will be migrants. We discuss both practical and ethical issues which arise when foreign health and social care workers are recruited.

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    Item Type: Working Paper
    Subjects for non-EU documents: EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > public health policy (including global activities)
    Countries > Ireland
    EU policies and themes > Policies & related activities > social policy > general
    Subjects for EU documents: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Series and Periodicals: UNSPECIFIED
    EU Annual Reports: UNSPECIFIED
    Series: Series > Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), Dublin > ESRI Working Papers
    Depositing User: Alyssa McDonald
    Official EU Document: No
    Language: English
    Date Deposited: 18 Jul 2017 14:49
    Number of Pages: 34
    Last Modified: 18 Jul 2017 14:49
    URI: http://aei.pitt.edu/id/eprint/87821

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