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 and plenary sessions featuring Barry R. Chiswick, Daniela Del Boca, Michael Grossman, Charles Horioka and Klaus F. Zimmermann.

You may submit an extended abstract (max 1000 words) for consideration by Wednesday, February 15, 2017, here .

Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 15 March 2017. The full paper submission and registration deadline is 15 April 2017.

The keynote speech of Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University and Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT) is scheduled to be: “The Economics of Multitasking“. Alessio J.G. Brown (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT) acts as a member of the Program Committee of the conference.

More information on the keynote speakers and on logistics can be obtained at http://economics.sdsu.edu/seho/.

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Klaus F. Zimmermann and Alessio J. G. Brown (right) in front of UNU-MERIT

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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. Mimeo. Presented at the EUI Conference on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees, 29-30 September 2016 in Florence.

Constant, Amelie F. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Towards a New European Refugee Policy that Works. Forthcoming 2016: CESifo DICE Report – Journal of International Comparisons. (With A. F. Constant.) UNU – MERIT Working Paper # 2016-062

Cervellati, Matteo, Uwe Sunde & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Demographic Dynamics and Long-Run Development: Insights for the Secular Stagnation Debate, Working Paper #604, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section, UNU – MERIT Working Paper # 2016-049, ZEF Discussion Papers on Development Policy #226 & CEPR Discussion Paper DP 11569. Forthcoming 2017: Journal of Population Economics.

Constant, Amelie F., Annabelle Krause, Ulf Rinne & Klaus. F. Zimmermann, Reservation Wages of First- and Second -Generation Migrants, forthcoming 2017: Applied Economics Letters. UNU – MERIT Working Paper # 2016-050

Brown, Alessio J.G. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Three Decades of Publishing Research in Population Economics: Journal of Population Economics, 30 (2017), 11-27.

Zimmermann, Klaus F., Pionier der Medienökonomik, in: Jörg Müller-Lietzkow & Felix Sattelberger (Eds.), Empirische Medienökonomie. Reflexionen der Arbeiten von Wolfgang Seufert, Nomos-Verlag, 2016, 52-56.

Zimmermann, Klaus F., Migrationspolitik im Mediensturm (Migration Policy in the Media Storm), Wirtschaftspolitische Blätter, 63 (2016), 497-508.

Zaiceva, Anzelika & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Migration and the Demographic Shift, forthcoming 2016 in: J. Piggott and A. Woodland (Eds.), Handbook of the Economics of Population Aging, North Holland, Vol. A.

Constant, Amelie F. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Diaspora Economics: New Perspectives International Journal of Manpower, 37 (2016), No. 7, 1110-1135.

Mbaye, Linguère Mously & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Natural Disasters and Human Mobility, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-040 ;  ZEF Working Paper 151 . Forthcoming: International Review of Environmental and Resource Economics, 10 (2016), 1-20. DOI 10.1561/101.00000082

Akay, Alpaslan, Olivier Bargain & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Home Sweet Home?  Macroeconomic Conditions in Home Countries and the Well-Being of Migrants, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-038                                                                                Forthcoming: Journal of Human Resources

Chowdhury, Shamal, Annabelle Krause & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016,                              Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health,                                      Working Paper #607, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section                                  UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-037;                                                                                             ZEF -Discussion Papers on Development Policy, No.222

Ritzen, Jo & Klaus F. Zimmermann, 2016, Fading Hope and the Rise in Inequality in the United States, UNU-MERIT Working Paper 2016-025

Zimmermann, Klaus F., Health Shocks and Well-Being. Forthcoming 2016                       Indian Journal of Labour Economics, DOI 10.1007/s41027-016-0045-0

Nikolova, Milena, Monica Roman & Klaus F. Zimmermann. Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries. Forthcoming, online 2016.                       Journal of Comparative Economics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jce.2016.04.006

Akgüc, Mehtap, Xingfei Liu, Max Tani & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Risk Attitudes and Migration, China Economic Review, 37 (2016), 166-176.

Akay, Alpaslan, Olivier Bargain, Corrado Guilietti, Juan D. Robalino & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Remittances and Relative Concerns in Rural China,                                          China Economic Review, 37 (2016), 191-207.

Ritzen, Jo, Caroline Wehner & Klaus F. Zimmermann,                                                 Euroskepticism, Income Inequality and Financial Expectations,                                                  B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis and Policy, 16 (2016), 539-576.

Rinne, Ulf & Klaus F. Zimmermann: Die digitale Arbeitswelt von heute und morgen, Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte (APuZ), 66. Jahrgang, 18-19, 2. Mai 2016, 3 – 9.

Hinte, Holger, Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Punkte machen?! Warum Deutschland ein aktives Auswahlsystem für ausländische Fachkräfte braucht und wie ein solches System aussehen kann, Perspektiven der Wirtschaftspolitik, 17 (2016), 68-87.

Krause, Annabelle, Ulf Rinne & Klaus F. Zimmermann, How Far are We from a Single European Labour Market?, International Journal of Manpower. Forthcoming 2017.

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Klaus F. Zimmermann in front of UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, where he directs POP.  POP is a Centre for Population, Development and Labour Economics, which joined UNU-MERIT and its School of Governance in Maastricht in 2016 as an independent economics research group.

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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 member of the degree committee, and Klaus F. Zimmermann as an opposition member. They further engaged in a two-days migration workshop with doctoral students. The events took place at Maastricht University and UNU-MERIT.

Klaus F. Zimmermann and Alessio J. G. Brown (right) in front of UNU-MERIT

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Klaus F. Zimmermann in front of UNU-MERIT

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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 NBER: 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, USA

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Home of NBER: 1050 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, USA

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Harvard University Library, Harvard Yard

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Harvard University Library, Harvard Yard

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Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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Center for European Studies, Harvard University

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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 the current issue.

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See below the Table of Content and Links to the Articles….

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From the 2015 Board Meeting of the Journal, İzmir University of Economics, İzmir, Turkey

 

In this issue 30, No.1.
Editorial

Editorial: 30 Years Journal of Population Economics

Klaus F. Zimmermann
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News

2017 Kuznets Prize Awarded to Binnur Balkan and Semih Tumen
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Original Paper

Three decades of publishing research in population economics

Alessio J. G. Brown & Klaus F. Zimmermann
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Erratum

Erratum to: Three decades of publishing research in population economics

Alessio J. G. Brown & Klaus F. Zimmermann
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China’s family planning policies and their labor market consequences

Fei Wang, Liqiu Zhao & Zhong Zhao
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Offline effects of online connecting: the impact of broadband diffusion on teen fertility decisions

Melanie Guldi & Chris M. Herbst
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Pensions and fertility: back to the roots

Robert Fenge & Beatrice Scheubel
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Rotten spouses, family transfers, and public goods

Helmuth Cremer & Kerstin Roeder
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Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde’s marriage strategy

Anne-Kathrin Bronsert, Amihai Glazer & Kai A. Konrad
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Erratum to: Old money, the nouveaux riches and Brunhilde’s marriage strategy
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Raising charitable children: the effects of verbal socialization and role-modeling on children’s giving

Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm, Ye Zhang, David B. Estell & Neil H. Perdue
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Happiness, stress, and age: how the U curve varies across people and places

Carol Graham & Julia Ruiz Pozuelo
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Ethnic diversity and well-being

Alpaslan Akay, Amelie Constant, Corrado Giulietti & Martin Guzi
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The heterogeneity of ethnic employment gaps

Romain Aeberhardt, Élise Coudin & Roland Rathelot
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Schooling and labor market effects of temporary authorization: evidence from DACA

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes & Francisca Antman
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Thirtieth General Assembly of the European Society for Population Economics, Berlin, 2016
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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 water on mental health. Drinking water with an unsafe arsenic level for a prolonged period can lead to arsenicosis and associated illness. In contrast to the existing literature, it provides objective measures of arsenic exposure and take advantage of the quasi-randomness of arsenic distribution to account for the potential endogeneity of developing arsenicosis related to possible selection of certain households into using safe or unsafe sources of water. The paper takes the pre-1999 use of TW as an instrument and structural modelling as alternatives for robustness checks. Suffering from an arsenicosis symptom is strongly negatively related to mental health, even more so than from other illnesses.

See Working Paper #607, Princeton University, Industrial Relations Section and Centre  for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. Mike Veall, Professor in the Economics Department chaired the lecture and introduced Zimmermann.

Veall is a long-term research partner of Zimmermann. They have published work on dynamic consumer demand systems and on Pseudo-R2 measures in limited-dependent probability models, among others.

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Prof. Klaus F. Zimmermann, left; and Prof. Mike Veall, McMaster University.

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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 around the world, together with the World Bank Jobs Group.

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, was one of the invited plenary speakers. His lecture delivered on November 2, 2016 was on

Refugees for Work: The European Migration Challenge

The core of Zimmermann’s talk was:

  1. Europe feels challenged by a large number of asylum applications. But while significant, the inflow is not as dramatic as often suggested in the public debate. Europe has seen large inflows of migrants earlier, although not of asylum seekers. 80% of the refugees cluster in only four countries, and the actual number of asylum applications are much smaller that perceived in the public.
  2. Refugees, namely accepted asylum seekers, are allowed to work in their host countries. But they integrate only slowly into the labor force while the hardly harm native workers. They need twenty years to match the labor force participation of other migrant groups. However, this is also the result of regulations that hinder new asylum seekers to take up work after they have filed their asylum application.
  3. What can countries do to improve the chances of accepted refugees to access the host labor markets successfully? One is early profiling, to already examine at entry what perspectives, talents and needs of further education these potential immigrants have. Another is to allow for early access to work for those who have filed an asylum application while they are waiting for a decision.

Further reading:

Zimmermann, Klaus F., Refugee and Migrant Labor Market Integration: Europe in Need of a New Policy Agenda. Mimeo. Presented at the EUI Conference on the Integration of Migrants and Refugees, 29-30 September 2016 in Florence.

Constant, Amelie F. & Klaus F. Zimmermann, Towards a New European Refugee Policy that Works. Forthcoming 2016: CESifo DICE Report – Journal of International Comparisons. (With A. F. Constant.) UNU – MERIT Working Paper # 2016-062

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Forschungsinstitutionen zwischen akademischer Exzellenz und politischer Relevanz

Posted on October 12, 2016 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University und UNU-MERIT, hält am 12. Oktober 2016 die WU-Lecture in Economics in der Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien. Er spricht zum Thema

„Forschungsinstitutionen zwischen akademischer Exzellenz und politischer Relevanz“.

Nach der Begrüßung durch Dekan Jesus Crespo hält Zimmermann seine Lecture. Im Anschluß diskutiert er das Thema gemeinsam mit Martin Kocher (IHS), Margit Schratzenstaller (WIFO), Peter Brandner (Weis[s]e Wirtschaft) und Reinhard Christl (Medienberater/Ökonom) unter der Moderation von  Harald Oberhofer (WU/WIFO). Nähere Informationen.

Wissenschaftliche Beiträge von Zimmermann zum Thema

►Advising Policymakers Through the Media, Journal of Economic Education, 35 (2004), 395-405.

►Der Berater als Störenfried: wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Politikberatung, Wirtschaftsdienst, 2, 2008, 101-107.

►Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Politikberatung: Entscheidungs- beitrag oder Feigenblatt, in: H. Handler und H. Schneider (Eds.), Beratung und Entscheidung in der Wirtschaftspolitik. Industriewissenschaftliches Institut, Wien, 2008, 11-20.

►Publications: German Economic Research Institutes on Track, Scientometrics, 80 (2009), 233-254. (Mit R. Ketzler)

►Comparing the Early Research Performance of PhD Graduates in Labor Economics in Europe and the USA, Scientometrics, 84 (2010), 621-637. (Mit A. Cardoso and P. Guimarães.)

►A Citation-Analysis of Economic Research Institutes, Scientometrics, 95 (2013), 1095-1112. (With R. Ketzler.)

►Evidenzbasierte wissenschaftliche Politikberatung, Journal of Applied Social Science Studies, 134 (2014), 259-270.

►Lobbyisten der Wahrheit, Deutsche Universitätszeitung (DUZ), 3 (2015), 14-15.

►The Internet as a Data Source for Advancement in Social Sciences, International Journal of Manpower, 36 (2015), 2-12. (Mit N. Askitas.)

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European Migration in the Great Recession

Posted on September 30, 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. Zimmermann launch their new book on October 6, 2017 in Budapest dealing with these issues. The lessons drawn rely on the research work of a multi-country project team providing empirical evidence on European migration in the Great Recession and afterwards for many countries.

Book Launch: see details. The event is open to the public.

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Migrationspolitik in der Flüchtlingskrise

Posted on September 30, 2016 by admin

DIE WEIS(S)E WIRTSCHAFT: Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University und UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, analysiert die Lage Europas angesichts der bestehenden Migrationsherausforderungen.

Bei einer Veranstaltung der Weis(s)en Wirtschaft am 13. Oktober 2016 in Wien um 18.30 Uhr zum Thema

Migrationspolitik und Flüchtlingskrise

hält er die Keynote Speech und diskutiert die möglichen Strategien mit einem renommierten Panel. Näheres hier.

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