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immigration to the United States. We approach this study from two different dimensions to document some of the forces driving this … change in the sex-ratio. The first approach, focusing on changes between birth cohorts, demonstrates that immigration is …
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otherwise be missed if a standard approach was adopted. We apply our proposed method to a case-study of Germany where we show …
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Like many other countries, Germany has experienced rapid population and workforce ageing, yet with substantial …
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the long-run viability of society as a whole. One possible solution is to permit more immigration, which will both … increase the labor force and broaden the tax base. Increasing immigration has a variety of effects on the local population … attractiveness of immigration as a solution to population ageing. This paper examines immigration as a solution to the problem of …
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the 1980s, and latterly by immigration in the 2000s. New measures of labour market flows by migrant status uncover both …
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In the postwar period, when fertility dropped substantially, immigration more than made up for the drop in population … planning has been abandoned. In regard to effects on population size, it seems like immigration policies were set by a sorcerer …
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This paper analyses how age at immigration to Sweden and getting a first foothold in the labor market is related. We …
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This paper provides an overview of the employment situation of young and old workers in the EU Member States, setting out the most recent development during the crisis and dealing with policies implemented to promote the employment of both groups. The evidence collected shows that there is no...
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Managing rapid population growth and spurring economic growth are among the most pressing policy challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa. We discuss the links between them and investigate the potential of family planning programs to address these challenges. Specifically, we estimate the impact of...
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Shrinking populations have been gaining increasing attention, especially in post-socialist East and Central European countries. While most studies focus on the population decline of capital cities and their regions, much less is known about the spatial dimension of population decline on the...
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