How many immigrants with less than university education, for a given immigration quota, maximise economic output? The answer is zero in the canonical model of the labour market, where the marginal product of a university-educated immigrant is always higher. We build an alternative model in which...

Based on the multiple regression model and scenario approach to forecasting, the ar- ticle estimates the Ukrainian migration aspirations towards Germany (the scale of migration, the economic activity of migrants, and their economic benefits). It is argued that major transformations in the...

We examine contrasting modalities of economic thought by economists on population problems and policies in NZ, 1900–1980s. Since the early 1900s NZ economists have been concerned with interactions between economic and demographic outcomes. During the inter war period Malthusian concerns were...

Gelingt es Deutschland in den nächsten Jahren nicht, in großem Maße Zuwanderer zu gewinnen, wird die Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter stark zurückgehen. Ohne Migrationsbewegungen könnte die Zahl der 20- bis 64-Jährigen der europäischen Bevölkerungsvorausberechnung EUROPOP aus dem...

The demand for skills exceeds supply, both within the Pacific Islands and the high-income countries of the Pacific Rim. Enhancing skilled migration therefore has the potential to generate large economic gains. The Global Skill Partnership is a migration model that can support such mutually...

Increasing labour shortages are mainly due to demographic developments - specifically the baby boom in Germany, with a strong peak in the early 1960s. Despite strong immigration in recent years, the ratio of 20-24 year-olds to 60-64 year-olds was only 75 to 100 in 2021, and if younger cohorts...

Population size and structure in conjunction with the participation behavior are the determinants of labor supply. Thereby, among the demographic components, migration is the one shaping both the size and the structure of a population the strongest in the short to medium term while...

Die Mobilität von Erwerbspersonen innerhalb der Europäischen Union - gemessen anhand des Anteils der EU-Ausländer in Ländern der EU-15 an allen EU-Erwerbspersonen - ist im Zeitraum von 2007 bis 2012 um etwa ein Viertel auf knapp 3,1 Prozent gestiegen. Dies ist vor allem auf vermehrte...

Der Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die Regulierungen zum Asyl und über die Wege der Integration anhand zweier Fragen: Wer hat in Deutschland Anspruch auf Asyl, und wie werden die Flüchtlinge in die Gesellschaft integriert?