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Labor Mobility after Brexit

Posted on November 29, 2016 by admin

ON DECEMBER 2, 2017 at BRUEGEL/BRUSSELS What will Brexit mean for the free movement of workers between the UK and the EU? This will be discussed by Lindsey Barras (Director at PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal), Jonathan Portes (Principal Research Fellow, National Institute … Continue reading →

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Book Presentation Budapest

Posted on November 29, 2016 by admin

Brexit symbolizes the new worries about internal European mobility. At the same time, the additional fears generated by the refugee crisis crowds out the necessary debate about new labor migration to Europe. Against this background, Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. … Continue reading →

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Prominent Scientists on 30 Years of the Journal of Population Economics

Posted on November 27, 2016 by admin

Views of prominent scientists (see below) on the 30th Anniversary of the Journal of Population Economics are contained in the first issue 2017, now in print and already available online. All articles are available free of charge until December 15, … Continue reading →

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Meeting of the Society of Economics of the Household 2017

Posted on November 27, 2016 by admin

San Diego State University, San Diego, California on June 25-26, 2017 The first meeting of the Society of Household Economics will be held in San Diego on Sunday June 25 and Monday June 26 2017. There will be parallel sessions … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann – New Research in 2016

Posted on November 26, 2016 by admin

RESEARCH PAPERS  2016 (21). Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University and UNU-MERIT) has published or prepared 21 research papers in 2016. Titles and links: Zimmermann, Klaus F., Refugee and Migrant Labor Market Integration: Europe in Need of a New Policy Agenda. … Continue reading →

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POP Team attends Migration workshop in Maastricht

Posted on November 25, 2016 by admin

POP at UNU-MERIT Co-Directors Alessio J. G. Brown and Klaus F. Zimmermann (also Princeton University) were attending events organized by the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance in Maastricht. Both participated in a Ph. D. defense ceremony, Alessio Brown as a … Continue reading →

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Visiting NBER & Harvard University

Posted on November 12, 2016 by admin

Back in Boston: November 10 – 12, 2016 Visiting the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to participate at the Fall meeting of the NBER Labor Group. Research talks at the Center for European Studies (CES), Harvard University. Home of … Continue reading →

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30 Years of the Journal of Population Economics

Posted on November 5, 2016 by admin

Celebrating 30 Years As the Editor-in-Chief, I are pleased to announce the publication of the first issue of the 30th Anniversary Volume of the Journal of Population Economics. For 4 weeks there will be free access to all papers in … Continue reading →

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Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health

Posted on November 5, 2016 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, spoke on 4 November 2016  in a Research Seminar at McMaster University about “Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health” in Bangladesh. The paper investigates the effect of drinking arsenic contaminated … Continue reading →

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Jobs for Development

Posted on November 3, 2016 by admin

A Jobs and Development Conference was held at the Word Bank in Washington DC on November 2 – 3, 2016. It was organized by the Network on Jobs and Development Group, which is a partnership of five research institutions from … Continue reading →

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