This contribution proposes a simulation approach for the indirect estimation of age-specific fertility rates (ASFRs) and the total fertility rate (TFR) for Germany via time series modeling of the principal components of the ASFRs. The model accounts for cross-correlation and autocorrelation...

The future development of population size and structure is of importance since planning in many areas of politics and business is conducted based on expectations about the future makeup of the population. Countries with both decreasing mortality and low fertility rates, which is the case for...

Internationale Migration ist eines der gesellschaftlich am kontroversesten diskutierten Themen. Kritiker einer offenen Migrationspolitik sehen hohe Immigrationszahlen als großes Risiko für die Sicherheit und warnen vor möglichen Verdrängungseffekten am Arbeitsmarkt, während die Befürworter...