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Retirement and health outcomes in a meta-analytical framework
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds based on 85 articles in the literature that retirement affects health positively in 28% of the studies, 13% negatively while the rest are inconclusive. GLO Discussion Paper No. 897, 2021 Retirement and health outcomes … Continue reading
Temperature, climate change, and fertility
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that heat in the pre-conception period has detrimental impacts on fertility. GLO Discussion Paper No. 896, 2021 Temperature, climate change, and fertility – Download PDFby Hajdu, Tamás & Hajdu, Gábor GLO Fellows Gábor Hajdu … Continue reading
Reconciling the opposing economic effects of works councils across databases
A new GLO Discussion Paper highlights the relevance of the definition of the dependent variable for inferences and interpretation of studies about the effectiveness of industrial relations institutions and raises questions about the validity of the studied performance measures. GLO … Continue reading
The rise of walls and fences worldwide & the 60th anniversary of the construction of the Berlin Wall.
On August 13, 1961 the former German Democratic Republic commenced the construction of the #Berlin Wall, which separated West-Berlin from its surroundings until the destruction starting on November 9, 1989. In her article published August 13, 2021 on “As migration … Continue reading
Five GLO/EHERO Sessions on “Happiness Economics” on the 2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies on Friday, August 27.
2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life StudiesISQOLS 2021 CONFERENCE: “Quality-of-life and Adaptation in a Virulent World”VIRTUAL EVENT: 23-27, AUGUST 2021 The 2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS 2021) on “Quality-of-life and Adaptation … Continue reading
The Long-Term Effect of FIFA World Cup on Gender Gap in Education and Employment: Evidence from Vietnam
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that exposure to the FIFA Soccer World Cups had had a negative impact on male Vietnamese student performance and subsequent labor market success. GLO Discussion Paper No. 893, 2021 The Long-Term Effect of FIFA … Continue reading
Trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds a decreasing trend in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 countries. Conversely, the official relative income poverty indicator exhibits increasing trends in eleven countries, with decreasing trends in only four countries. GLO Discussion Paper … Continue reading
Social Mobility and Political Regimes: Intergenerational Mobility in Hungary, 1949-2017
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that social mobility rates were low during the Communist regime, and did not change measurably during the transition; however, the composition of the political elite changed fast and sharply. GLO Discussion Paper No. 889, … Continue reading
Poor vs Non-Poor Households in Uruguay: Welfare Differences from Food Price Changes
A new GLO Discussion Paper evaluate the differential responses of poor households vs. non-poor households to changes in food expenditures and prices and simulate the welfare losses from food price changes across poverty definitions. GLO Discussion Paper No. 890, 2021 … Continue reading
Something in the Pipe: Flint Water Crisis and Health at Birth
A new GLO Discussion Paper studies a natural experiment in the US to find that there are relevant effects of in utero exposure to polluted water on health at birth. GLO Discussion Paper No. 887, 2021 Something in the Pipe: … Continue reading