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Unmet health care need and income-related horizontal equity in access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new GLO Discussion Paper assesses how the UK health care system performed against the norm of horizontal equity in health care access during the first wave of COVID-19 wave. There is no evidence that horizontal equity, with respect to … Continue reading

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Unions and Workers’ Well-being

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the literature on the wellbeing of union members. Union members can be expected to exhibit higher job satisfaction than comparable non-members, but this is not consistent with empirical findings. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading

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Worker Voice and Political Participation in Civil Society

A new GLO Discussion Paper outlines the key theoretical channels by which worker voice can affect political and civic participation, highlights important methodological challenges in identifying causal relationships and mechanisms, and summarizes the major research findings pertaining to nonunion and … Continue reading

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Social Identity and Aspiration – Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality? Evidence from Rural India.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that social identity reflected by caste and gender affect future aspirations negatively. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to … Continue reading

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The intergenerational effects of birth order on education

A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics finds for European countries that parents who are firstborns are better educated and have more educated children compared with later born parents. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading

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Heterogeneity in effective VAT rates across native and migrant households in France, Germany and Spain

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the distributional properties of VAT to reveal who bears higher payments, natives or migrants. There are no gaps in Germany, but in France and Spain. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading

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Productivity Loss amid Invisible Pollution

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the influence of ozone pollution on labor productivity in China. 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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Higher Occupational Aspirations From Persistent and Advantaged Kids’. 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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Back to the past: the historical roots of labour-saving automation

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies U.S. patenting activity to provide evidence on the history of labour-saving innovations back to the early 19th century. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading

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Big Five Personality Traits and Sex

A new GLO Discussion Paper confirms that personality traits play a role for sexual feelings and behavior. 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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