Throughout the decades, the Journal of Population Economics has been at the forefront of population economics research and has strongly established itself as the leading outlet in the field of population economics. Many views on the Journal by Nobel Laureates and leading academics fro

The issue also contains fascinating articles reflecting the breadth and originality of research in population economics.  It will be freely accessible until 15 December 2016. Issue 1/2017 marks an important landmark for the Journal of Population Economics. The Journal enters its 30th

Binnur Balkan and Semih Tumen from the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey received the 2017 Kuznets Prize for their article “Immigration and prices: quasi-experimental evidence from Syrian refugees in Turkey,” Journal of Population Economics (2016), 29(3), pp. 657-686. The p

Issue 1/2017, published on 29 October 2016, marks an important landmark for the journal, as it enters its 30th year of successful academic service. We celebrate three decades of dedication in publishing outstanding theoretical and insightful applied research in all areas of population

by A. Brown & K. Zimmermann                                 . The Journal of Population Economics is celebrating its thirtieth  birthday. When the first issue was published, population economics was  non-existent as a field. Hence, the aim has been to provide a high  quality outle

by L. Zhao, F. Wang & Z. Zhao                                 . This paper exploits a quasi-natural experiment-the U.S. granting of  Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) to China after China’s accession  to the World Trade Organization-to examine whether trade liberalisat

Brexit symbolizes the new worries about internal European mobility. At the same time, the additional fears generated by the refugee crisis crowds out the necessary debate about new labor migration to Europe. Against this background, POP-Researchers Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmerma

The Migration and integration challenge is far from being mastered and a recurrent topic in academic, policy, business and social partner events. Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann gave a keynote on Refugee and Migrant Labor Market Integration: Europe in Need of a New Policy Agenda at the

by A. Constant, T. García-Muñoz, S. Neuman & T. Neuman                                                                       . Previous literature in a variety of countries has documented a “healthy immigrant effect” (HIE).                                              

by A. Constant, A. Krause, U. Rinne & K. Zimmermann We analyse the reservation wages of first- and second-generation migrants, based on rich survey data of the unemployed in Germany. Our  results confirm the hypothesis that reservation wages increase over  migrant generations and