by J. Ritzen & K. Zimmermann                                      . A substantial literature claims that the strong increase in inequality over the last decade in Western industrial countries such as the US would lead to increasing tensions between different socio-economic groups which might in

The Migration and integration challenge is far from being mastered and a recurrent topic in academic, policy, business and social partner events. Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann gave a keynote on Refugee and Migrant Labor Market Integration: Europe in Need of a New Policy Agenda at the

What might the workplace look like in ten years? Interview with POP Co-Director Alessio J. G. Brown on how we can benefit from the transformation. Read the interview with Alessio Brown published by T-Systems here. Read also the UNU-MERIT post “The Future World of Work: Flexible

Writing a new book in the field? Consider to publish with the Springer book series in “Population Economics” Editor-in-chief: K.F. Zimmermann with Series Editors: A. Cigno, E. Tekin, J. Zhang,  and A.J.G. Brown (Ed.) Covers pressing topics of our time, such as migration, p

Volume 31 (2) of the Journal of Population Economics features Wang-Sheng Lee and Terra McKinnish’s article “The marital satisfaction of differently aged couples”. Enjoy it for free for six weeks!

This issue features the freely-accessible lead article “The marital satisfaction of differently aged couples” by Wang-Sheng Lee and Terra McKinnish, which explores the hypothesis that differently-aged couples are less resilient to negative shocks than couples comprised of similarly-ag

The latest issue of the Journal of Population Economics has been published. The latest issue, found here, features ten articles on migration and integration, ageing, and the environment. The lead article, Education, Religion, and Voter Preference in a Muslim Country by Resul Cesur and