We analyze the efficiency of urbanization patterns in a stylized dynamic model of urban growth with three sectors of …’). If, however, production becomes cleaner over time (‘green growth’) the equilibrium urbanization path reaches the … efficient urbanization path after finite time without need of a coordinating mechanism. The results may be generalized to take …

paper documents the demographic and fiscal importance of international migration, especially in aging societies, reviews the …

Migration between countries with earnings-related and flat-rate pay-as-you-go social security systems may change human … country with flat-rate benefits may reduce their investment in education. With suitably planned transfers between the two … countries, allowing for migration may generate a Pareto-improvement for all current and future generations. Without transfers …

different destination countries. Focusing on migration between the four countries in our data set, we find that migration within …

This paper considers education investment and public education policy in closed and open economies with an extortionary … government. The extortionary government in a closed economy chooses an education policy in order to overcome a hold-up problem of … time-consistent taxation similar to benevolent governments. The two types of government differ in their education policies …

migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of … subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not the lagged endogenous variable is included. The relationship is robust to …

influence the propensity of politicians to spend on education. Using a panel of the Swiss Cantons for the period from 1990 to … 2002, we find that the education system has exhibited little elasticity in adjusting to changes in the school … public education. …