Author Archives: admin

Just released: Scopus CiteScore ranks the Journal of Population Economics substantially higher – now 6.5 (2021) after 3.9 (2020)!

Posted on June 19, 2022 by admin

Unlike impact factors, CiteScore measures the contributions of journals with a broader coverage and more long-term (4 years) basis. The May 2022 published scores for 2021 are defined as: “CiteScore 2021 counts the citations received in 2018-2021 to articles, reviews, … Continue reading →

Posted in Media, News, Science | Comments Off on Just released: Scopus CiteScore ranks the Journal of Population Economics substantially higher – now 6.5 (2021) after 3.9 (2020)!

Klaus F. Zimmermann: Covid-19 related research. #TopDownloadedArticle.

Posted on June 16, 2022 by admin

Contributions to the Covid-19 debate receive broad attention. The Zimmermann et al. (2020) paper (see below) gets #TopDownloadedArticle status in the journal The World Economy. The Covid-19 related research includes: Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan … Continue reading →

Posted in News | Comments Off on Klaus F. Zimmermann: Covid-19 related research. #TopDownloadedArticle.

Research on Economic Preferences: Klaus F. Zimmermann will present in the UNU-MERIT Research Symposium, May Event Series, on Monday 16 May, 2022.

Posted on May 14, 2022 by admin

Professor Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will participate in the events around the “UNU-MERIT: 15 Year Celebration” next week. He contributes to the May Event Series: Research Seminars on May 16, 2022 by reporting about his work … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, News, Research | Comments Off on Research on Economic Preferences: Klaus F. Zimmermann will present in the UNU-MERIT Research Symposium, May Event Series, on Monday 16 May, 2022.

Agenda: Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States. New research from the Journal of Population Economics by Caitlin Knowles Myers

Posted on May 4, 2022 by admin

GLO Discussion Paper No. 1073, 2022; in print:  Journal of Population Economics Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States, 1960-2020 – Download PDFby Myers, Caitlin Knowles See also the GLO Post. GLO Fellow Caitlin Myers Ends;

Posted in News, Research | Comments Off on Agenda: Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States. New research from the Journal of Population Economics by Caitlin Knowles Myers

Sunday morning visitor: Fox in my home garden

Posted on May 2, 2022 by admin

Ends;

Posted in News | Comments Off on Sunday morning visitor: Fox in my home garden

Stronger external religiosity associates with smaller risky behaviors like smoking, drinking & drugs in Orthodox Romania. Research paper published freely accessible.

Posted on April 20, 2022 by admin

Using data for young Romanians a research paper finds that it is external religiosity that interacts with weaker addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and using drugs. The study is now published OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Economics, Management and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Comments Off on Stronger external religiosity associates with smaller risky behaviors like smoking, drinking & drugs in Orthodox Romania. Research paper published freely accessible.

Economic preferences across generations in a development country setting. New research accepted for publication in the Journal of Political Economy.

Posted on March 29, 2022 by admin

Using data from large-scale experiments with entire families for Bangladesh, the research finds that both mothers’ and fathers’ risk, time and social preferences are significantly positively correlated with their children’s economic preferences. Results differ from evidence for rich countries. Shyamal … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Research | Comments Off on Economic preferences across generations in a development country setting. New research accepted for publication in the Journal of Political Economy.

Smoking, drinking, drugs: Less risky behaviors with stronger external religiosity. Research paper published accessible.

Posted on March 26, 2022 by admin

Using data for young Romanians a research paper finds that it is external religiosity that interacts with weaker addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and using drugs. The study is now forthcoming OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Economics, Management and … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Research | Comments Off on Smoking, drinking, drugs: Less risky behaviors with stronger external religiosity. Research paper published accessible.

Register for a public event with Oded Galor: “The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality” on March 21.

Posted on March 9, 2022 by admin

Oded Galor (Brown University) will speak on March 21, 2022 (4.00 pm to 5.30 pm CET Berlin time) in a public world-wide online event on The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality (With some lessons for the … Continue reading →

Posted in Events, New Book, News | Comments Off on Register for a public event with Oded Galor: “The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality” on March 21.

Understanding the setup and speed of global COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Posted on March 2, 2022 by admin

“CAMPAGNE VACCINALE. Bons et mauvais élèves de la vaccination dans le monde: radioscopie des facteurs clés.” Interview with the French Media Platform “Atlantico” on global drivers of vaccination success. Here is the interview in French. (English draft below.) It relates … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Research | Comments Off on Understanding the setup and speed of global COVID-19 vaccination campaigns