by S. Chowdhury, A. Krause & K. Zimmermann       . This paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness. Based on rich and newly collected hous

by Can Tang, Liqiu Zhao, Zhong Zhao                       . We present the first systematic study on child labour in China. Child labour is not a negligible social phenomenon in China; about 7.74% of children aged from 10 to 15 were working in 2010, and they worked for 6.75 hours per day on average,

by E. Meschi, E. Taymaz & M. Vivarelli                           This paper studies the interlinked relationship between globalisation and technological upgrading in affecting employment and wages of skilled and unskilled workers in a middle income developing country. It exploits a unique longit

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 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

2019 Kuznets Prize Awarded to Yoo-Mi Chin & Nicholas Wilson             Yoo-Mi Chin (Baylor University) and Nicholas Wilson (Reed College) received the 2019 Kuznets Prize for their article “Disease risk and fertility: evidence from the HIV/AIDS pandem

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