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The Effect of a Culturally Diverse Population on Regional Income in EU Regions

Brunow, Stephan; Brenzel, Hanna - 2011

migrants on regional GDP per capita for European regions. Does the proportion of foreigners in the labour force increase or … regions are balanced out. Depending on the labour market status of migrants, the regions of origin of migrants within the EU …

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Top-heavy load: Trouble ahead for social security systems, Introduction by Peter A. Diamond

Diamond, Peter - In: CESifo Forum 08 (2007) 3, pp. 28-36

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Convergence in GDP per Capita in the Euro Area and the EU at the Time of COVID-19

Licchetta, Mirko; Mattozzi, Giovanni - In: Intereconomics 58 (2023) 1, pp. 43-51

This paper investigates determinants of convergence in GDP per capita in the euro area and the EU between 1995 and 2021. It finds that the COVID-19 crisis temporarily slowed convergence but the estimated negative impact is significantly smaller than during the global financial crisis. Diverging...

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Secularism or catholicism? The religious composition of the United States to 2043

Skirbekk, Vegard; Goujon, Anne; Kaufmann, Eric - 2008

We project the religious composition of the United States to 2043, considering fertility differences, migration, intergenerational religious transmission and conversion by 11 ethnoreligious groups. If fertility and migration trends continue, Hispanic Catholics will experience rapid growth,...

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Why are some countries richer than others? Cross-country and cross-regional empirical studies

Bentzen, Jeanet Sinding - 2012

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Ethnic Networks and the Location Choice of Migrants in Europe

Nowotny, Klaus; Pennerstorfer, Dieter - 2011

In this paper we analyse the role of ethnic networks in the location decision of migrants to the EU 15 at the regional … location decision of migrants. The effect is, however, decreasing in network size. Furthermore, we find evidence of spatial … spillovers in the effect of ethnic networks: ethnic networks in neighbouring regions significantly help to explain migrants …

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Aggregate-Level Migration Studies as a Tool for Forecasting Future Migration Streams

Fertig, Michael; Schmidt, Christoph M. - 2000

Assessing the migration potential and predicting future migration streams are among the most relevant, yet least well understood topics of migration research. The usual approach taken to address aggregate-level prediction problems is to fit ad hoc specifications to historical data, and to...

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Population policies, demographic structural changes, and the Chinese household saving puzzle

Ge, Suqin; Yang, Dennis Tao; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

Using combined data from population censuses and Urban Household Surveys, we study the effects of demographic structural changes on the rise in household saving in China. Variations in fines across provinces on unauthorized births under the one-child policy and in cohort-specific fertility...

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Decomposing Welfare Wedges. An Analysis of Welfare Dependence of Immigrants and Natives in Europe

Huber, Peter; Oberdabernig, Doris A. - 2014

We study differences in contributory and non-contributory welfare benefit receipt between immigrants and natives for 16 EU countries. In contrast to previous studies we analyse differences in benefit levels allowing for potentially different takeup rates between immigrants and natives and use...

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Immigration and Innovation in European Regions

Ozgen, Ceren; Nijkamp, Peter; Poot, Jacques - 2011

The concentration of people with diverse socio-cultural backgrounds in particular geographic areas may boost the creation of new ideas, knowledge spillovers, entrepreneurship, and economic growth. In this paper we measure the impact of the size, skills, and diversity of immigration on the...

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