Following a major outflow of young healthcare professionals from a West African nation to Europe, demographers evaluated the resulting population metrics in the source country. Which of the following best describes the primary demographic consequence of this selective out-migration stream on the country of origin?
- An increase in the total dependency ratio accompanied by a reduction in the economically active age cohortCevap
- BA decrease in the total dependency ratio resulting from a smaller proportion of dependent citizens relative to the labor force
- CA decline in origin pull factors that directly suppresses internal rural-to-urban drift within the country
- DA structural change in urban settlement morphology from nucleated clusters into linear patterns
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An increase in the total dependency ratio accompanied by a reduction in the economically active age cohort
International out-migration of professionals (brain drain) selectively subtracts individuals from the working-age demographic. Because the dependency ratio measures dependents ( and ) relative to the economically active population (), shrinking the working population denominator causes the overall dependency ratio at the origin to rise.
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Demographic impacts of selective out-migration on origin country age structure and dependency ratios
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