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How Property Prices are Affected by School Quality: GLO Fellow Haisken-DeNew speeks at UNU-MERIT on September 18.

GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University will visit POP at UNU-MERIT on September 18, 2017. He will present a paper in the UNU-MERIT/School of Governance Seminar at noon (12:00 – 13:00) on: Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect … Continue reading

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Kyiv Conference 14-15 September on Population Wellbeing in Post-Transition Economies

International Conference “People Matter: Quality of Life and Population Wellbeing in Post-Transition Economies” organized by the Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine on September 14-15, 2017 in Kyiv in Ukraine. It is supported by the Global Labor Organization (GLO). Available: … Continue reading

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Call for papers until September 30: Labour Conference in Kerela/India

The 59th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) will be held during 16-18 December 2017 in the premises of Gulati Institute of Finance and Taxation (GIFT), Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The conference is organized for ISLE by  GIFT … Continue reading

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The Core of Global Scientific Policy Advice: op-ed by Klaus F. Zimmermann

Evidence-based policy making is under attack, evidence-free policy making is on the move.This challenge has been debated in Budapest on two scientific events: (i) The  Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, on Tuesday … Continue reading

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# I stand with CEU! Academicians and GLO Fellows debate at CEU in Budapest.

Evidence-free policy making is on the move. This is a particular challenge for the relationship between scientists and policymakers. A workshop with a high-ranked panel of scientists in Budapest engaged in policy advice and policy-making was debating this in the … Continue reading

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Andreu Mas-Colell speaks on the future of work

The Academia Europaea (AE), The Academy of Europe, has awarded its prestigious Erasmus Medal in 2017 to Andreu Mas-Colell.  Andreu is a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE) and its section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”, a Fellow of the Global … Continue reading

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Council of Academia Europaea re-elects Klaus F. Zimmermann as Section Chair “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”

The Academia Europaea (AE) is The Academy of Europe, Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT Maastricht, Bonn University, and Rockefeller Foundation Policy Fellow) is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Section Chair of “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” of … Continue reading

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Amsterdam: WageIndicator Conference Discussed the Future of Work Relations Worldwide

In their  2017 Annual Conference on “Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) and the WageIndicator Foundation demonstrated successfully the large and many contributions the venture has made with the … Continue reading

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Umag Conference Ended: GLO Bosses Matloob Piracha & Klaus F. Zimmermann enjoyed exciting conference in Croatia

The Experimental Economics Lab presented the 1st International Scientific Conference on Economics in a Changing World.  The conference was jointly organized with the Adriatic Economic Association and supported by the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the World Academy of Art and … Continue reading

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Hey, Amsterdam! Revealing the secrets of wages around the world.

On September 1, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) & the WageIndicator Foundation will organize their 2017 Annual Conference on “Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“. AIAS and the WageIndicator Foundation are partner institutions of … Continue reading

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