by J. Ritzen & K. Zimmermann                                      . A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in Western industrial countries such as the US would lead to increasing tensions between different socio-economic groups which might in

The international conference of the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) took place in Brussels on 13-14 July 2017,under the theme ‘Public Policy & Governance Beyond Borders’. The event is co-hosted by MGSoG/UNU-MERIT (Maastricht University, NL) and the Ma

Please join Springer Editorial and the Editor-in-Chief Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT and Princeton University) for a reception at the 2017 ASSA Annual Meeting to celebrate 30 years of JOURNAL OF POPULATION ECONOMICS and the 2017 KUZNETS PRIZE. –> Friday 6 January, 2017, from

San Diego State University, San Diego, California June 25 and 26, 2017 The first meetings of the Society of Household Economics will be held in San Diego on Sunday June 25 and Monday June 26. There will be parallel sessions and plenary sessions featuring Barry R. Chiswick, Daniela Del

The latest issue of the Journal of Population Economics is now online here. This issue features the (temporary) free access article “Same-occupation spouses: preferences or search costs?” by Hani Mansour and Terra McKinnish. This issue also features articles on the effects

On 1 July, 2018, Oded Galor will become an editor of the Journal of Population Economics following Erdal Tekin, who has taken the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) (see for further details). Oded Galor (Herbert H. Goldberger Professor

Chunbei Wang and Le Wang of the University of Oklahoma received the 2018 Kuznets Prize for their article “Knot yet: Minimum marriage age law, marriage delay, and earnings,” which was published in the Journal of Population Economics (2017), 30(3), pp. 771-804. The annual prize ho