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

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 31st Annual Conference of the European Society for Population Economics (ESPE) will take place on June 14-17, 2017 at the Strathclyde Business School, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland. The local organiser is Professor Robert E. Wright. Professor Michèle Belot (Universi

Issue 1/2017, published on 29 October 2016, marks an important landmark for the journal, as it enters its 30th year of successful academic service. We celebrate three decades of dedication in publishing outstanding theoretical and insightful applied research in all areas of population

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

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