Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper concludes that the relationship between all prominent growth indicators and BMI is inverse U-shaped. GLO Discussion Paper No. 929, 2021 The Impact of Body Mass Index on Growth, Schooling, Productivity, and Savings: A Cross-Country Study … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that high levels of statutory employment protection is negatively associated with robot adoption, but firms also use industrial robots as potential substitutes for workers to reduce employees’ bargaining power. GLO Discussion Paper No. 928, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that past communist regime connections have a persistent but differential effect on life satisfaction. GLO Discussion Paper No. 927, 2021 Double-edged sword: Persistent effects of Communism on life satisfaction – Download PDFby Otrachshenko, Vladimir … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the higher the level of perceived income inequality is, the lower is the individual’s perception of social standing. GLO Discussion Paper No. 926, 2021 Perceived income inequality and subjective social status in Europe … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than the national hourly minimum wages, and experiencing insults and/or threats in their present job experience worse physical health and increased levels … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds substantial ethnic segregation across workplaces in the UK, but most of the ethnic wage gap exists between observationally equivalent co-workers. GLO Discussion Paper No. 920, 2021 The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper reports that there is a systematic age gradient in the reporting error in BMI suggesting potential bias in the use of such data and the need to collect objective measures. GLO Discussion Paper No. 919, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that local politicians in India systematically misallocate resources based on party loyalty and successfully deliver votes to their national co-partisans. GLO Discussion Paper No. 916, 2021 916 The Workforce of Clientelism: The Case of … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that firms that are further up in the value chain pay significantly higher wages. GLO Discussion Paper No. 918, 2021 Wage Differences According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Working More Upstream in GVCs … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that studies cited by psychologists claiming there are no U-shapes are in error. The effects of the mid-life dip are comparable to major life events such as losing a spouse or becoming unemployed. GLO … Continue reading →