Author (Person) | Mueller-Using, Susanne, Vöpel, Henning |
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Series Title | Intereconomics |
Series Details | Vol.49, No.2, March-April 2014, p95-101 |
Publication Date | March 2014 |
ISSN | 0020-5346 |
Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
Among the EU member states, increasing immigration has led to a recent debate over changes to European refugee and migration policies. The desire among the poor to escape from a hopeless economic and social situation in their home countries is the most common impetus for their migration. As the EU is the world’s biggest donor of public development aid, new approaches in European development politics are much needed to increase the effectiveness of this aid and to create a sustainable improvement of the economic situation among the poor. This article focuses on a new approach to implement more efficient and cost-effective development strategies that include individual time preference as well as insights from behavioural and experimental economics. [Full text of articles can be found in the Intereconomics Archive two years after the initial publication] |
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Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs, Politics and International Relations |
Countries / Regions | Europe |