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

by M. Cervellati, U. Sunde & K. F. Zimmermann      . This paper takes a global, long-run perspective on the recent debate about secular stagnation, which has so far mainly focused on the short term. The analysis is motivated by observing the interplay between the economic and demo

What might the workplace look like in ten years? Interview with POP Co-Director Alessio J. G. Brown on how we can benefit from the transformation. Read the interview with Alessio Brown published by T-Systems here. Read also the UNU-MERIT post “The Future World of Work: Flexible