We analyze the impact of fiscal decentralization on U.S. county population, employment, and real income growth. Our … population and employment growth, but no significant impact on nonmetropolitan counties. In contrast, the fragmentation of … general-purpose governments per capita has a negative impact on employment and population growth in nonmetropolitan counties …

Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill …, the population share of skilled migrants has been approaching or exceeding that of skilled natives. We offer theoretical … capital, population, income growth and distribution, and migration trends are endogenous. We derive new insights about the …

historically significant decline in the growth rate of the U.S. foreign born population since 2000. A decomposition shows that … Population Ratio reveals a 13% larger decline since 2000 than is shown when conventionally measured. …

waves to estimate how regional population reacts to asymmetric shocks. These shocks are measured by non-employment rates … regions as identifying information. Because we include region and time effects, we interpret regression-adjusted population … measure of regional shocks, at least we find no significant effects for it. However, we find a significant population response …

development. It affects human capital through both religious and secular education. It affects population and labor by influencing …

in daytime population in Washington, DC caused by the government shutdown of October 1-16, 2013. We derive implications …

-century statistics on regional population/land ratios linked to anthropological measures of caste-system rigidity. Both the longitudinal …