Assessing the migration potential and predicting future migration streams are among the most relevant, yet least well understood topics of migration research. The usual approach taken to address aggregate-level prediction problems is to fit ad hoc specifications to historical data, and to...

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility...

Der demographische Wandel in Deutschland führt zu einer Schrumpfung des Erwerbspersonenpotenzials und damit zu einer Verknappung von Fachkräften. Eine Möglichkeit, dieser Verknappung zu begegnen, liegt in der Attrahierung geeigneter Fachkräfte aus dem Ausland. Die ökonomische Theorie...

Eine Möglichkeit, der entstehenden Verknappung der Erwerbspersonen entgegenzuwirken, ist der Zuzug von Fachkräften aus dem Ausland. Die ökonomische Theorie beschreibt die räumliche Nähe zum Heimatort als einen wichtigen Faktor für die Wohnortwahl von Migranten. Mit amtlichen Daten auf...

We test the menu cost model of Ball and Mankiw (1994, 1995), which implies that the impact of price dispersion on inflation should differ between inflation and deflation episodes, using data for Japan and Hong Kong. We use a random crosssection sample split when calculating the moments of the...

Since 1997 the Hong Kong (HK) government has markedly changed its role from being a mere institution provider to being an active innovation promoter. As such, it has actively implemented innovation policies that focus especially on creating new funding opportunities and establishing several R&D...

This paper analyses academia-industry linkages of the Hong Kong (HK) electronics small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and investigates the role of active innovation policies in this regard. It uses data collected from a questionnaire survey in HK, focusing on three main academia-industry...

This study focuses on how cross-cultural synergy and friction emerge in Finno-Sinic management communication, decision-making and organisation empowerment. The paper is based on a qualitative methodology and in-depth interviews with Finnish and Chinese subjects in Finnish companies in Hong Kong....

We use national labor force surveys from 1983 through 2011 to construct hours worked per person on the aggregate level and for different demographic groups for 18 European countries and the US. We find that Europeans work 19% fewer hours than US citizens. Differences in weeks worked and in the...