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The forthcoming 33. EBES Conference in Madrid/Spain on October 7-9, 2020 is virtual. The final Program is now available. EBES & GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann will open the event and chair a panel session.
The 33. EBES (Eurasia Business and Economics Society) Conference in Madrid/Spain on October 7-9, 2020 takes place virtually due to the Coronacrisis. The program is now available. EBES and GLO are partner organizations. GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is also … Continue reading
Children, unhappiness and family finances: New research article free to access.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST in the Journal of Population Economics suggests that children may cause unhappiness because of challenging family finances. Read more in: Children, unhappiness and family finances David G. Blanchflower & Andrew E. Clark Published ONLINE … Continue reading
Educational Mismatches of Newly Hired Workers: Short and Medium-run Effects on Wages
A new GLO Discussion Paper analyses the short and medium-term effects of over- and undereducation on the wages of newly hired workers in Portugal. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading
‘The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on the Long-Term Health of Veterans’. Video from the GLO Virtual Seminar Series with GLO Fellow Alfonso Flores-Lagunes (Syracuse University).
The GLO Virtual Seminar is a monthly internal GLO research event chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha and hosted by the GLO partner institution University of Kent. The results are available on the GLO website and the GLO News section, … Continue reading
How to get true Covid-19 Mortality Rates from Administrative Data? Read an article free access in the Journal of Population Economics.
A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics demonstrates how to use administrative data to estimate the number of deaths, the number of infections, and mortality rates from Covid-19 in Lombardia, a hot spot of the disease … Continue reading
Obamacare: Does the US health care reform work?
A new GLO Discussion Paper develops and applies a new econometric identification strategy to evaluate the causal effect of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on older Americans’ health care access and utilization with problematic findings for the reform. The Global … Continue reading
Access to Finance among Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Job Creation in Africa.
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that access to finance affects employment growth in small and medium-sized enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading
Non-Standard Employment and Wage Differences across Gender
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows for Turkey that non-standard employment reduces wages for women at every quantile, but no such results are obtained for men. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions … Continue reading
Daylight reduces crime. New scientific evidence.
A new GLO Discussion Paper contributes to the rising literature on the impact of natural light on economic behavior. Using Daylight Saving Time as a natural experiment it finds that the increase of light has reduced crime in Montevideo strongly. … Continue reading
Labor Market Effects of a Work-first Policy for Refugees
A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the labor market effects of a work-first policy that aimed at speeding up the labor market integration of refugees. New requirements for refugees to actively search for jobs and to participate in on-the-job training … Continue reading