International Research on the Economics of Population, Household, and Human Resources
The Journal of Population Economics is a highly cited international quarterly that publishes original theoretical and applied research with significant policy relevance. Covering issues with challenging demographic contexts, its articles provide individual, household, firm, economy-wide and societal perspectives. A focus on United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is particularly welcome.
The United University - MERIT (UNU-MERIT) and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) are cooperating closer in policy-oriented research and both organization support the scientific mission of the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE). UNU-MERIT Director Fiona Tregenna has joined JOPE’s Advisory Board and Bruno Martorano (UNU-MERIT and Maastricht University) was appointed JOPE Associate Editor.
The United Nations University – Maastricht Economic and Social Research Institute on Innovation and Technology (UNU-MERIT) is an institute through which the United Nations University (UNU) and Maastricht University (UM) collaborate in research, education and knowledge mobilisation.
UNU-MERIT conducts evidence-based and policy-oriented research focused on inclusive and sustainable development. Its work examines how economic, technological, social and institutional change shapes development, with particular strengths in the economics of innovation, public policy and governance. Its research addresses areas including climate action, digital transformation, poverty and inequality, migration, social protection, human development and the future of work.
In education, UNU-MERIT offers, jointly with Maastricht University, an MSc in Public Policy and Human Development and a PhD Programme in Innovation, Economics, Governance and Sustainable Development. The Institute also delivers capacity-development programmes for policymakers and professionals around the world.
The Journal of Population Economics is now ranked A* on the Australian Business Deans Council (ABDC) Journal Quality List!
This is the highest ranking a journal can achieve, reserved for a select group of journals demonstrating truly exceptional global impact. The A* designation places the Journal among the most elite publications across all business and economics disciplines globally.
Find more details on ABDC's Journal Quality List here.
The Journal of Population Economics invites submissions to a new Collection "Restricting Migration".
Restricting migration, including immigration, emigration, and remigration, has become a policy objective in many countries worldwide.
Does it work, and what are its economic and social consequences?
Editors: Editor-in Chief and Editors of Journal of Population Economics, in particular Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Milena Nikolova and Klaus F. Zimmermann
JOPE Collections are a set of published papers on issues of significant relevance for the journal. Authors are continuously invited to submit their related work for evaluation stating their specific interest to contribute in the submission cover letter. JOPE Editors will treat those submissions with particular interest and speedy handling. Articles will be immediately published after final acceptance.
Submissions will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process. Authors should submit via the journal’s usual submission system and indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript is intended for the “Restricting Migration Collection”.
Claudio Costanzo (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & ECARES) receives the 2026 Kuznets Prize for his article Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing *.
* Here is a link to a read-only version of the full article: Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing
