The final issue of the Journal of Population Economics has been published and is available online here! Issue 33(4) features a range of articles on topics related to the spread of COVID-19, fertility, education, and migration. The open-access, lead article “Impacts of social and

In light of the ongoing fight against the spread of COVID-19, the Journal of Population Economics is pleased to be able to offer insight into the factors that affect the transmission of the virus in different country contexts. In issue 33(4), authors Yun Qiu, Xi Chen, and Wei Shi prov

The Journal of Population Economics is very fortunate to welcome Prof. Terra McKinnish as an editor. Prof. McKinnish is a Professor of Economics and Faculty Associate of the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, where she is also the Director of the Ce

Issue 33(2) of the Journal of Population Economics is now available. The 10 contributions in this issue explore topics related to family decisions and risk sharing, child education, and retirement. The lead article, “The effects of patents on the transition from stagnation to growth”

2020 Kuznets Prize Awarded to Gautam Hazarika, Chandan Kumar Jha & Sudipta Sarangi         Gautam Hazarika (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), Chandan Kumar Jha (Le Moyne College, Madden School of Business), and Sudipta Sarangi (Virginia Tech) will receive

The first issue of the Journal of Population Economics of 2020 is now available online. Issue 33(1) contains 10 contributions addressing themes such as migration, inequality, and preferences. The lead article, “Hate at first sight? Dynamic aspects of the electoral impact of migration:

The lead article of issue 32(4), “Ancestral ecological endowments and missing women”, is now available online and available freely for download for a short period of time. You can access and share the article here.

The final issue of the Journal of Population Economics for 2019 has been published! Issue 32(4) contains ten exceptional articles that address themes such as migration and social remittances, demography and population policy, and development in family contexts. The lead article, by Ga

Every year, the Journal of Population Economics reports on its yearly performance metrics in the Editor-in-Chief report. In this report, editor-in-chief Klaus Zimmermann reflects on publication trends in the past year. The 2019 report, which provides insight into the 2018 calendar yea

The newest issue of the Journal of Population Economics is now available. Volume 32, issue 1 addresses topics such as whether migration acts as an adjustment mechanism during times of economic crisis, how academic achievement and racial achievement gaps can be explained by childhood l