Although the economic growth literature has come a long way since the Solow-Swan model of the fifties, there is still considerable debate on the "real' or "deep" determinants of growth. This paper revisits the question of what is really important for strong long-term growth by using a Binary...

In the postwar period, when fertility dropped substantially, immigration more than made up for the drop in population growth, and from 1950 to 2020, population increased by 73%, double the European rate, in a country with population density already among the highest in Europe. Yet, there never...

Für die Planung und Entwicklungspolitik auf der kommunalen und regionalen Ebene sind Kenntnisse über die Größe und Struktur der zukünftigen Wohnbevölkerung von grundlegender Bedeutung, jedoch nur schwer oder gar nicht zu erhalten. Die wichtigsten Gründe hierfür liegen in der methodischen...