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GLO Fellow Ira Gang (Rutgers University) spoke about ‘Schooling Forsaken or Not? Education and Migration’. Video from the GLO Virtual Seminar Series.

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

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Now on Video: Watch the EBES-GLO Joint Webinar with David Audretsch on Covid-19, Democracy & Entrepreneurship chaired by GLO & EBES President Klaus F. Zimmermann from November 13, 2020.

November 13, 2020: EBES-GLO Joint Online Seminar. Berlin 3-4 pm & Istanbul 5-6 pm. David Audretsch (Indiana University): The Threat Posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic to Democracy & Entrepreneurship.  Chaired by EBES & GLO President Klaus F. ZimmermannOrganized by EBES … Continue reading

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Journal of Population Economics Webinar on November 19, 2020: Kuznets Prize 2021 & Presentation of the newly published Issue 1, 2021.

Volume 34, issue 1, 2021 of the Journal of Population Economics is published online. See below the list of articles and access links to read or download the contributions. PARTICIPATE in the November 19, 2020 (Thursday); (2-5 pm CET) Journal … Continue reading

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Announcement and Call for Papers: 34th EBES Conference – Athens January 6-8, 2021 Athens, Greece.

Interested researchers are cordially invited to submit their abstracts or papers for presentation consideration. The 34th EBES Conference – Athens/Greece will take place on January 6-8, 2021 co-organized with Department of Economics, School of Economics, Business and International Studies, University … Continue reading

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EBES-GLO Joint Webinar with David Audretsch on Covid-19, Democracy & Entrepreneurship.

Mark your calendar!November 13, 2020: EBES-GLO Joint Online Seminar. Berlin 3-4 pm & Istanbul 5-6 pm. David Audretsch (Indiana University):The Threat Posed by the Covid-19 Pandemic to Democracy & Entrepreneurship.  Chaired by EBES & GLO President Klaus F. ZimmermannOrganized by … Continue reading

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Amsterdam/Holland, October 23, 2020: Klaus F. Zimmermann provides keynote speech to virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”.

Amsterdam, October 23, 2020, 2 pm. Wageindicator Foundation. Virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”. Keynote speech of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University). Conference website. Ends;

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Edinburgh/Scotland, October 21, 2020. Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks in a public event of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on “Migration: Challenges and Perspectives”.

Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Online Public Lecture of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University) on Migration: Challenges and Perspectives. Event website. Ends;

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Brookings-Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum 2020 ended today with a session on “Internal migration and rural-urban inequality in China”

The Brookings-Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum 2020 took place on October 16-17, 2020. The second day (see program below) dealt with “Internal migration and rural-urban inequality in China”. GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann discussed a paper by Zhangfeng Jin on … Continue reading

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“2nd Bank of Italy Human Capital Workshop” held online on the 26th of October, 2020: Program and how to participate.

Below is the program of the “2nd Bank of Italy Human Capital Workshop”, which will be held online on the 26th of October, 2020. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. To attend please register with: human_capital@bancaditalia.it. The … Continue reading

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Third Webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20. Announcement for October 15, 2020.

Third webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20 All the presentation in this series are based on the projects that GLO-VirtYS program scholars completed as part of their program participation. This seminar is GLO internal, special … Continue reading

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