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Season’s Greetings. And a better 2021!

Dear GLO Members and Friends:Season’s Greetings, healthy & happy holidays and a healthy & successful New Year 2021!Many thanks for the substantial support GLO has received in 2020! Covid-19: We were strongly growing with the new constraints. The value of … Continue reading

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Gender Inequality in Nutrition Intake: Evidence from a Large Assistance Program in China

A new GLO Discussion Paper examines the effect of one of the largest nutrition assistance programs in early life covering poor rural China. Nutrition supplements effectively increase boys’ weight and reduce their probability of being underweight, while no effect is … Continue reading

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Productivity outcomes in online labor markets and within-task complexity and difficultly.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the productivity measures used of workers are negatively related to the difficulty and complexity of a specific sub-task. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading

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Identity and Learning: a study on the effect of student-teacher gender matching on learning outcomes

A new GLO Discussion Paper examines whether students’ and teachers’ identity play any role in the learning outcome of students. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading

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Third Renmin University—GLO Conference on the Chinese Labor Market took place virtually on December 19, 2020. Video of the event now available.

Hosted by the University of Kent on the invitation of GLO Director Matloob Piracha, the Third Renmin University—GLO Conference on the Chinese Labor Market took place virtually on December 19, 2020. Organizers were GLO Fellows Liqiu Zhao and Zhong Zhao … Continue reading

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Price, sales, and the business cycle: a time series principal component analysis.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds a positive and significant relationship between sales and unemployment, and performs a time series principal component analysis to study the relationship. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that … Continue reading

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Happiness Research: GLO/EHERO Special Sessions Announcement and Call for Contributions. Event is August 2021.

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the Erasmus Happiness Economics Research Organization (EHERO) are organizing several special sessions at the ISQOLS Annual Virtual Conference in August 2021 (specific dates to be announced).  The sessions will include high-quality presentations related to cutting-edge research in the … Continue reading

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Mobile applications aiming to facilitate immigrants’ societal integration and overall level of integration, health and mental health. Does artificial intelligence enhance outcomes?

Using panel data on immigrant populations from Europe, Asia and Africa, a new GLO Discussion Paper finds positive associations between the number of mobile applications in use aiming to facilitate immigrants’ societal integration (m-Integration) and increased level of integration (Ethnosizer), … Continue reading

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Gender inequality in COVID-19 times: Evidence from UK Prolific participants

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies gender differences across multiple dimensions in individual responses to Covid-19 for the UK and attempts to model the various determinants. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions … Continue reading

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Unequal effects of the economic cycle on human capital investment. Evidence from Italian panel data

A new GLO Discussion Paper for Italy suggests that measures directed towards youths from poorer households to promote their enrollment in non-compulsory education should be strengthened when economic conditions improve. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading

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