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...

Spätestens mit der Euro-Staatsschuldenkrise ab 2010 ist das Renteneintrittsalter zum europäischen Thema geworden. Mindestens implizit vorausgesetzt wird dabei, dass vor allem die südlichen EU-Länder aufgrund der Krise auch in diesem Politikfeld unter Handlungsdruck stehen. Von deutscher...

Die Autorinnen thematisieren Strukturen und Trends der demographischen Entwicklung im innerstädtischen kleinräumigen Kontext deutscher Großstädte. Die sind das hauptsächliche Ziel internationaler Migration, so dass insbesondere in größeren Städten vergleichsweise mehr Menschen ohne...

In this paper we will discuss how the value placed on increasing ‘choice’ is a major factor determining both childcare and elder care policies, focussing in particular on the increasing emphasis on using cash allowances and tax credits or reliefs to achieve greater diversity of provision and...

There is no simple answer to the question of the potential impact of migration on the EU economy. EU migration policy is expected to meet the requirements of economic and social policy, in particular of the Lisbon Agenda, as well as national cultural, political, strategic and security...