David Coleman
David Coleman has been the
Reader in Demography at Oxford
University since 1996. Between 1985
and 1987 he was a Special Adviser for
the British government. Researches
include the comparative demographic
trends in the industrial world and the
demography of ethnic minorities. He
has been a consultant for the Home
Office and the United Nations.
Professor Coleman has published over
90 papers; eight books include The
British Population: patterns, trends and
processes (with J. Salt, 1992, Oxford
University Press) and Immigration to
Denmark: national and international
perspectives (with E. Wadensjö, 1999,
Aarhus University Press). He was
joint editor of the European Journal of
Population from 1992 to 2000 and in
1997 was elected to the Council of
the International Union for the
Scientific Study of Population.
Papers Published in World Economics:
Does Britain Need More Immigrants? A Debate
In this debate, Nigel Harris and David Coleman discuss the pros and cons of
migration. Taking the case of Britain, they address issues such as the desirability
or otherwise of migration controls, gains and losses from migration, the ‘optimum’
size and composition of the country’s workforce, and the demographic, social and
political consequences of migration.
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