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European Governance in Face of the Migration Crisis

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), visited the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. On March 30, 2017, he was invited to deliver the prestigious Andrew F. Smith … Continue reading

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Zimmermann speaks on Development in US Universities

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, gave research seminars on: “Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health” on March 24, 2017: Economics Department, Rutgers University March 29, 2017: Economics Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, … Continue reading

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New global network – the Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Today, the world faces a rising controversy about the benefits of globalization and international collaborations….  To deal with this challenge, we have now started a new initiative, the GLO, the Global Labor Organization. The catchword will be glabor, hence the … Continue reading

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New Responsibilities in Romania

New responsibilities for POP Co-Director Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and Princeton University): He recently became a member of the Editorial Board of the Romanian Journal of Economic Forecasting. In 2016, Zimmermann had visited the Institute for Economic Forecasting … Continue reading

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Does demographic change cause secular economic stagnation?

A substantial public debate is concerned about declining growth and secular stagnation with negative consequences for jobs and earnings. A new published paper takes a global, long-run perspective on the recent debate about secular stagnation, which has so far mainly … Continue reading

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Latin America Migration Dynamics

In the wake of a dramatic regime switch in US migration policy towards Latin America, Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University and UNU-MERIT) was visiting the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC on January 25, 2017. As a member of the … Continue reading

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Princeton Economics Moved to New Building

Effectively on January 1, 2017 the entire Economics Department and its sections moved to a new building, the Louis A. Simpson International Building, on Washington Road 20, Princeton. Hence, my new postal address is: Klaus F. Zimmermann, Department of Economics, … Continue reading

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Zimmermann spoke at ASSA 2017 on the Refugee Crisis

January 6, 2017 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, USA: As part of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (ASSA 2017), the largest gathering of economists world-wide (with over 13,000 participants), which took place in Chicago, IL on … Continue reading

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Kuznets Prize to Binnur Balkan and Semih Tumen

January 5, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago: At a reception organized by Springer Nature, a major scientific publisher, a large crowd of scientists and members of the publication and think tank communities were celebrating the 30th birthday of the … Continue reading

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Chicago: ASSA 2017 Celebrates 30 Years of Population Economics Research

January 5, 2017 at the Hyatt Regency Chicago: At a reception organized by Springer Nature, a major scientific publisher, a large crowd of scientists and members of the publication and think tank communities were celebrating the 30th birthday of the … Continue reading

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