by Klaus F. Zimmermann                                           . Today is B-Day, when British voters decide whether to leave or stay in the European Union. For anyone fond of buzzwords the choice is simple: Brexit or Bremain? Yet the data feeding into the referendum are more complex

On May 27-28, 2016, the Joint Annual Meeting of the Slovak Economic Association and the Austrian Economic Association (NOeG-SEA 2016) in cooperation with the University of Economics Bratislava took place. The theme of the conference was “Economic Policy in a Dynamic Environment&

The European refugee crisis is challenging policy makers because it affects a wide range of European policy simultaneously. At the Society of Government Economists’ conference Klaus F. Zimmermann will review major research findings of migration economics and their implications f

Advances in reproductive technology have had a significant impact on women’s labor force choices. The Lead Article of the Journal of Population Economics  Issue 3 of the anniversary volume (now available online) examines the impact of assisted reproductive technology on women’s choice

The Ecomomics Stars present the top cited, highly downloaded, and most shared journal articles published 2016 in Springer economics journals. The Journal of Population Economics has 2 articles in the top 15 articles most shared in the Social Web, 2 articles among the 15 top cited arti

A substantial public debate is concerned about declining growth and secular stagnation with negative consequences for jobs and earnings. The Lead Article of the Journal of Population Economics  Issue 2 of the anniversary volume (now available online)  takes a global, long-run perspect