We analyze the relationship between the age profile of retirement within an immigrant population and aggregate return migration rates for individuals from different countries of origin. The latter serves as a proxy for the relative net benefits of return migration to that origin country. Our...

In December 2005, the Belgian government adopted the law on the Intergenerational Solidarity Pact (ISP) aimed at increasing the employment rate of older workers. The main policies of the ISP consist of a pension bonus, reductions in employers' social security contributions and measures...

We investigate the effectiveness of European Structural Funds on employment, population and house prices in 325 Local Labor Markets (LLM) located in Southern Italy. We exploit the variability in disbursements between 2007 and 2013 and estimate the impact of the interventions by allowing for...

The fiscal sustainability of state pensions is a central concern of policymakers in nearly every advanced economy. Policymakers have attempted to ensure the sustainability of these programs in recent decades by raising retirement ages. However, there are concerns that keeping older workers in...

The historic decision at the Euro Summit on July 12, 2015, to continue supporting Greece as a member of the EU and the euro family, provided Greece the chance to return to growth and sustainability, provided it takes the necessary steps to continue with its reforms. Jointly the Greek government...

Die historische Entscheidung für Griechenlands Verbleib in der Eurozone und der Europäischen Union auf dem Eurogipfel am 12. Juli 2015 hat Griechenland die Chance eröffnet, wieder zu Wachstum und Nachhaltigkeit zurückzukehren. Dies setzt allerdings voraus, dass es die notwendigen Schritte...

Bei der Gruppe der bereits länger in Deutschland lebenden Geflüchteten, die insbesondere zwischen 1990 und 2010 einwanderten, dauerte die Aufnahme einer Erwerbstätigkeit länger als bei anderen MigrantInnen. Das zeigen die Daten des Sozio- oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) und der...

Der in Ostdeutschland deutlich geringere Beschäftigungsaufbau im Vergleich zu Westdeutschland ist maßgeblich darauf zurückzuführen, dass die Impulse der Dienstleistungsbereiche für die gesamtwirtschaftliche Beschäftigung beträchtlich geringer sind als in Westdeutschland. Allerdings nimmt...

In this study, we use Okun’s Law to examine whether growth has been jobless in seventeen MENA countries. The methods used are the ARDL approach for the individual country and the panel data analysis for the entire sample. The period considered in this study is from 1980 to 2013. To test for...