In the literature on the economics of demographic change so far the regional and neighbourhood-level consequences were out of the main focus. Yet, regional migration accentuates diversity in the progress of ageing. In fact, while households are known to "vote with their feet" when they choose a...

"Bremen als wachsende Stadt" - das ist sowohl eine Zustandsbeschreibung als auch ein politisches Ziel der aktuellen Landesregierung. Parallel zur Zielsetzung der Regierungskoalition haben Arbeitnehmerkammer und iaw zu diesem aktuellen Thema ein eigenes Forschungsprojekt aufgesetzt. Für die...

In 2022, natural population decline was equal to nearly 600,000 persons (599,600) or 4.1‰ (per mille) which is much below the level of a natural decline in the population in 2021 (1,042,700, 7.2‰) (Fig. 13). Such a decrease was feasible owing to the return of the mortality rate to the normal...

Poland's continuing housing shortage reduces labor mobility, which reduces potential growth. Improving housing is essential to improving economic growth in Poland.In this exploration of urban and regional dynamics in Poland after the transition, Deichmann and Henderson find that the degree of...

Dieser Forschungsbericht stellt wesentliche Ergebnisse der Fallstudien Göttingen, Ravensburg und Wismar dar, die im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojektes "Zuwanderungsstrategien - Planungspolitiken der Regenerierung von Städten" (2018-2021) der Forschungsabteilung "Regenerierung von...

Dieser Forschungsbericht stellt wesentliche Ergebnisse der Fallstudien Jena, Brandenburg/Havel und Bamberg dar, die im Rahmen des DFG-geförderten Forschungsprojektes "Zuwanderungsstrategien - Planungspolitiken der Regenerierung von Städten" (2018-2021) der Forschungsabteilung "Regenerierung...

This assessment of the present context for evolving socio-economic patterns and trends in the United States is intended to support consideration of prospects for gains in income shares among the lower income population, recognising that the United States is: a very large heterogeneous...

This paper focuses on young adults living with their parents in the U.S. and studies the role of peers. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) we analyze the influence of high school friends on the nest-leaving decision of young adults. We achieve...

We link the county-level rollout of stay-at-home orders to anonymized cellphone records and consumer spending data. We document three patterns. First, stay-at-home orders caused people to stay at home: county-level measures of mobility declined by between 9% and 13% by the day after the...