Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that COVID-19 lockdown measures reduced children’s probability of attending school and exacerbated harmful traditional practices such as child marriage. GLO Discussion Paper No. 952, 2021 COVID-19 and Children’s School Resilience: Evidence from Nigeria – … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that mass shooting incidents are associated with a rise in crimes in general, especially those carried out for monetary gains. GLO Discussion Paper No. 951, 2021 On the Tragedy of Mass Shooting: the Crime … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that climate shocks may disrupt long-standing gender roles. GLO Discussion Paper No. 950, 2021 Climate Shocks, Migration, and Labor Markets: A Gender Analysis from West Africa – Download PDFby Elmallakh, Nelly & Wodon, Quentin … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds large consequences for labor market performance of refugees and children wellbeing. GLO Discussion Paper No. 949, 2021 Do Refugees with Better Mental Health Better Integrate? Evidence from the Building a New Life in Australia … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies approaches to to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. GLO Discussion Paper No. 948, 2021 Equivalence scale and income poverty: Two approaches to estimate country-specific scale for the Czech Republic – Download … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper examines the impact of U.S governor’s party allegiance (Republican vs Democrat) on the ethnic wage gap to show that the vast majority of subgroups of black workers earnings are not affected by democrat governors’ policies. … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies sealed-bid public procurement contract (PPC) auctions of construction works, discontinuity in bidders’ win margin and firms’ daily employment variation to provide a causal estimate of winning a PPC on firms’ employment. GLO Discussion Paper … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows evidence of a large spatial heterogeneity in the electric power consumption between districts and provinces in Vietnam. GLO Discussion Paper No. 945, 2021 Inequality in Electricity Consumption and Economic Growth: Evidence from a Small … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds substantial and rising gaps in the measurement of consumption and income based on household surveys and national accounts data. GLO Discussion Paper No. 944, 2021 Mind the Gap – Download PDFby Prydz, Espen Beer … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper explores the important contributions that happiness-in-the-lab experiments can make to the debates about stylized facts by testing the causality of the relationships. GLO Discussion Paper No. 943, 2021 Happiness in the Lab: What Can Be … Continue reading →