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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 →

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The Academia Europaea expresses solidarity with partners in Ukraine – consequences for science and the humanities

Posted on March 2, 2022 by admin

On 1 March 2022, Academia Europaea (AE), the Academy of Europe, has published (LINK) a statement on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine. See the text below. Klaus F. Zimmermann is a member of AE and has served as Section … Continue reading →

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Peace NOW in Europe

Posted on February 28, 2022 by admin

The current tragedy in Europe marks some of the darkest days on this continent since WWII. It has made us speechless for a few days and upset. We deeply feel with the people and express the strongest solidarity on all … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann is ranked #264 among the 1,000 Top Scientists in Economics & Finance of the World for 2022

Posted on February 8, 2022 by admin

Research.com, a leading academic platform for researchers, has just released the 2022 Edition of their Ranking of the Top 1,000 Scientists in the field of Economics and Finance. GLO President Prof. Dr. Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University, is … Continue reading →

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Journal of Population Economics appoints three additional Editors and 12 new Associate Editors.

Posted on February 2, 2022 by admin

The Journal of Population Economics (JoPE) has announced the appointment of three additional editors (Xi Chen, Kompal Sinha & Milena Nikolova) and twelve new Associate Editors (Ainoa Aparicio-Fenoll, Cynthia Bansak, Lisa Cameron, German Blanco, Carolina Castilla, Hugo Jales, Fabian Kindermann, Marie-Louise Leroux, Subha Mani, Astghik Mavisakalyan, Emmanuel Thibault, and Myra … Continue reading →

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“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.

Posted on January 31, 2022 by admin

Here is the interview in French. (English draft below.) It relates to a VoxEU Column and research available as CEPR Discussion Paper. Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan Luu Duc Huynh and Huan H. Nguyen (2022). … Continue reading →

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Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes.

Posted on January 26, 2022 by admin

The new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics finds that assimilation in Australia is strongly associated with employment and wages as well as a number of job satisfaction measures. Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Zhiming Cheng & Ben Zhe … Continue reading →

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Children and Female Employment in Mongolia

Posted on January 26, 2022 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that cultural biases against women may contribute to the observed low female employment. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1015, 2022 Children and Female Employment in Mongolia – Download PDFby Nikolova, Elena & Polansky, Jakub GLO … Continue reading →

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

Posted on January 25, 2022 by admin

Because vaccinations are crucial to containing the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important to identify the key factors behind successful immunisation campaigns. This column shows that pandemic pressures, economic strength, educational advancement, and political regimes can affect vaccination uptake, given vaccine … Continue reading →

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Born or bred? The roles of nature and nurture for intergenerational persistence in labour market outcomes.

Posted on January 25, 2022 by admin

A new paper published Online First in the Journal of Population Economics finds heritability for Norway to account for about 50–100% of intergenerational transmissions. Ulvestad, M.E.S., Markussen, S. Born or bred? The roles of nature and nurture for intergenerational persistence … Continue reading →

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