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35th EBES conference in Rome, Italy, has begun online with opening speeches. From April 7-9, 2021 the traditional event features over 200 presentations of academic work in business, management and economics.

Posted on April 7, 2021 by admin

Rome, Italy; April 7-9, 2021. The 35th EBES conference takes place virtually. GLO & EBES President Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University & Free University of Berlin) has opened the conference on April 7 together with Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Vice … Continue reading →

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Understanding Employee Motivation in the Gig Economy of China

Posted on April 6, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper tries to understand the Chinese gig economy by studying how employee motivation and retention are managed by the mobile app-based, multiple payment platform enabled, car-pooling Chinese giant DiDi. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading →

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Informal employment and wages in Poland

Posted on April 5, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper identifies the two-tier structure of the informal labor market in Poland. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global … Continue reading →

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Got the AstraZeneca last night. AstraZeneca Impfung in NRW. Ostereiersuchen in Bonn.

Posted on April 5, 2021 by admin

How I got the jab. Jetzt hat es geklappt. Überraschend waren ab 3. April in Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) ca. 450.000 AstraZeneca Impfdosen für das Wochenende für Über-60-Jährige verfügbar. Eine schöne Osterüberraschung. Natürlich sinnvoll, sich sofort zur Verfügung zu stellen. Klar, daß … Continue reading →

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GLO South-East Asia Cluster Webinar Series on “Promoting Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic”

Posted on April 5, 2021 by admin

Hosted by the College of Population Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand, the GLO East Asia Cluster organizes an Online Webinar Seminar Series on Promoting Well-being During the COVID-19 Pandemic starting with a first Seminar on 9 April 2021. Ends;

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Differentiating Retirement Age to Compensate for Career Arduousness.

Posted on April 4, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper estimates the degree of retirement age differentiation needed to compensate individuals for their career-related health handicap/advantage and get closer to “real” actuarial fairness. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading →

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What Determines Firm Performance in the MENA Region?

Posted on April 3, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides directions for strategies targeting at improving the performance of firms in MENA countries. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform … Continue reading →

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How Performance Pay Affects Alcohol Use

Posted on April 1, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Germany that the likelihood of consuming each of four types of alcohol (beer, wine, spirits, and mixed drinks) is higher for those receiving performance pay, and their total number of types of alcohol … Continue reading →

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The Effect of Households’ Indebtedness on Their Consumption

Posted on March 31, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Belgium a negative effect of households’ indebtedness on their consumption. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate … Continue reading →

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Stop worrying and love the robot!

Posted on March 30, 2021 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies for Italy the impact of robotization on the shares of workers employed as robot operators and in occupations deemed exposed to robots to reveal for the first time reinstatement effects among robot operators and … Continue reading →

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