Nach einer Einschätzung des Umfangs der Migration nach Deutschland und Rheinland-Pfalz in den nächsten Jahren geht diese Stellungnahme auf die Struktur der Zuwanderung, die Arbeitsmarktwirkungen der Migration (Lohn- und Beschäftigungseffekte), die Arbeitsmarktintegration von Migrantinnen und...

Historical experience suggests that when a period of rising immigration is followed by a sudden slump, this can trigger a policy backlash. This has not occurred in the current recession. This paper examines three links in the chain between the slump and immigration policy. First, although...

We explore the complementarities between high-skill emigration and poverty in developing countries. We build a model endogenizing human-capital accumulation, high-skill migration and productivity. Two countries sharing the same characteristics may end up either in a "low poverty/low brain drain"...

Although movements of capital, goods and services are growing in importance, workers movements are impeded by restrictive policies in rich countries. Such regulations carry substantial economic costs for developing countries, and prevent global inequality from declining. Even if rich countries...