While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

While various empirical studies have found negative growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels through which disasters might affect short- and especially long-term growth. This paper contributes to filling this gap in the literature by studying how...

In the course of the ongoing process of climate change, natural disasters like storms, floods and droughts become more likely and/or more severe. While there is a growing macroeconomic literature on the growth-effects of natural disasters, little is yet known about the microeconomic channels...

Slow onset climate change has the potential to cause significant migration flows. Scientists have recently made considerable efforts to quantify these flows based on empirical methods. However, the literature on international migration has failed to come to a clear conclusion as many studies...

Slow onset climate change has the potential to cause significant migration flows. Scientists have recently made considerable efforts to quantify these flows based on empirical methods. However, the literature on international migration has failed to come to a clear conclusion as many studies...

Der vorliegende Beitrag beginnt mit einer Darstellung der Mechanismen der Selbstselektion von Migranten, da diese weitreichende Konsequenzen auf das bestehende Angebot an Migranten haben. Anschließend werden verschiedene Auswahlinstrumente dargestellt, anhand derer eine gezielte Steuerung der...

The paper contributes to the ongoing debate about the adequate technique to identify the impact of immigration. Initially the regression analysis on the basis of education-experience cells reveals that the impact of immigration on native wages in Germany is negative, but small. The subsequent...

Die vorliegende Arbeit befasst sich mit dem Thema der Arbeitsmarkteffekte der Zuwanderung in Deutschland. Zuwanderung hat in der Bundesrepublik eine lange Tradition, und wird spätestens seit dem Inkrafttreten des Zuwanderungsgesetzes auch von politischer Seite als Teil der deutschen Realität...