Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations and Acronyms -- Executive Summary -- Overview -- Part I. Monitoring global development progress -- Development progress over the MDG period has been impressive -- Despite solid development gains, significant work remains -- Amid...

This paper and its companion study, Fehr, Jokisch, and Kotlikoff (2004), develop a three-region dynamic general equilibrium life-cycle model to analyze general and skill-specific immigration policy during the demographic transition. The three regions are the U.S., Japan, and the EU. Immigration...

FrontMatter -- Pravin Visaria (1937-2001) -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Why Location Matters -- 3 Urban Population Change: A Sketch -- 4 Urban Population Dynamics: Models, Measures, and Forecasts -- 5 Diversity and Inequality -- 6 Fertility and...

This paper and its companion study, Fehr, Jokisch, and Kotlikoff (2004), develop a three-region dynamic general equilibrium life-cycle model to analyze general and skill-specific immigration policy during the demographic transition. The three regions are the U.S., Japan, and the EU. Immigration...