In the last decade the available labor force has expanded in Germany-despite the decline in the working-age population. The reason: labor market participation has increased, for women in particular and older people in general. Also noticeable was a rise in qualification level because...

Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt ist die Zahl der in Deutschland verfügbaren Arbeitskräfte gestiegen – trotz rückläufiger Bevölkerung im erwerbsfähigen Alter. Das liegt daran, dass die Erwerbsbeteiligung zugenommen hat, insbesondere bei Frauen sowie generell bei Älteren. Dabei macht sich auch...

Using a panel of naturalizations in U.S. states from 1986 to 2012, we empirically analyze the impact of elections on immigration policy. Our results indicate that immigration policy is (partly) driven by national elections: there are more naturalizations in presidential election years and during...

Despite widespread agreement that asylum policies are partly determined by political economy factors in the destination country, there is little empirical evidence on the precise linkage between those political factors and asylum policies. We shed light on this issue by examining the impact of...

Using a panel of naturalizations in U.S. states from 1965 to 2012, we empirically analyze the impact of elections on immigration policy. Our results indicate that immigration policy is (partly) driven by national elections: there are more naturalizations in presidential election years and during...

In the recent European debt crisis, internal migration flows in the euro area reacted strongly to diverging labor market conditions. This experience points towards the prominent role of short-term business-cycle migration in the euro area and the consequent need to understand the motives behind...

While a sizable literature has concluded that remittances impact the expenditure patterns of households, we have a limited understanding of how the predictability of these money flows affect their usage by remittance-receiving households. Using data from Mexico, we find that both the size and...

Immigration to Germany has increased significantly since 2011, primarily due to the immigration of citizens from other euro area countries and those which joined the EU in 2004 and 2007. This increase is mainly attributable to a lack of immigration barriers and the good economic situation on the...

Die Zuwanderung nach Deutschland ist seit 2011 stark gestiegen, hauptsächlich durch Zuzüge von Bürgerinnen und Bürgern aus den in den Jahren 2004 und 2007 der EU beigetretenen Ländern und anderen Ländern des Euroraums. Der Abbau von Zuwanderungshindernissen und die konjunkturell bedingt...

Recently migration patterns in the euro area changed markedly in response to increasing unemployment disparities. This reinforced the interest in labor mobility as stabilization tool against the background of heterogeneous labor market conditions. In a data set of 55 bilateral migration...