This paper analyzes the effects of skilled migration and remittances on fertility decisions at origin. We develop an overlapping generations model which accounts for endogenous fertility and education. Parents choose the number of children they want to raise and decide upon how many children...

Die Humanressourcen eines Landes sind die Quelle von Ideen, Erfindungen und Innovationen. Ob alle Menschen, unabhängig von Geschlecht, Alter und Herkunft, ihr Wissen und ihre Fähigkeiten ausbilden, entwickeln und in Innovationsprozessen anwenden können, wird auch vom gesellschaftlichen Klima...

Inflation can "grease" the wheels of the labor market by relaxing downward wage rigidity but it can also increase uncertainty and have a negative "sand" effect. This paper studies the grease effect of inflation by looking at whether the interaction between inflation and labor market regulations...