Vor dem Hintergrund einer wachsenden Weltbevölkerung ist für Deutschland für das Jahr 2060 eine Bevölkerung von 90 Millionen wahrscheinlicher als die offiziell vorausgesagte Abnahme auf 70 Millionen. Einer im nächsten halben Jahrhundert stabilen Einwohnerzahl Deutschlands entspricht eine...

The paper examines the impact of immigration on innovation. We exploit an immigrant placement policy which took place during the early nineties in Germany when large numbers of so called ethnic Germans entered the country. This allows us to overcome the potential bias of endogenous location...

The paper investigates the potential impact of foreigners on economic development. Historic examples, various contemporary empirical observations and theory support the working thesis that regions which face a high quota of foreign residents may benefit from human capital spillovers between...

Eastern Germanys recovery from the unification shock has beencharacterized by deep structural change with apparent repercussions for the West as well and an integration process involving both capital deepening (extensive and intensive investment) and labor thinning (net out-migration). I propose...