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 outlet to publishing

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 liberalisation affects 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).                                                             

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

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

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

2021 Kuznets Prize Awarded to Yun Qiu, Xi Chen, & Wei Shi                                     Yun Qiu (Jinan University), Xi Chen (Yale University), and Wei Shi (Jinan University) have received the 2021 Kuznets Prize for their article “Impacts of social and economic factors on the

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