Category Archives: Research

Financial education for youth: A randomized evaluation in Uruguay

A new GLO Discussion Paper evaluates the impact of an economic and financial education program targeted to senior high-school students and finds positive effects. GLO Discussion Paper No. 881, 2021 Financial education for youth: A randomized evaluation in Uruguay – … Continue reading

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Coronagraben in Switzerland: culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19.

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST OPEN ACCESS finds that within the Swiss context, high trusting areas exhibited a smaller decline in mobility. Coronagraben in Switzerland: culture and social distancing in times of COVID-19 by Neha Deopa & Piergiuseppe Fortunato … Continue reading

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Poverty in Russia: A Bird’s-Eye View of Trends and Dynamics in the Past Quarter of Century

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that poverty in Russia has been steadily decreasing, with most of the poor having a transient rather than a chronic nature. GLO Discussion Paper No. 880, 2021 Poverty in Russia: A Bird’s-Eye View of … Continue reading

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Deteriorated sleep quality does not explain the negative impact of smartphone use on academic performance

A new GLO Discussion Paper using data of Belgian students finds no statistically significant mediating effect of sleep quality in the relationship between smartphone use and academic performance. GLO Discussion Paper No. 879, 2021 Deteriorated sleep quality does not explain … Continue reading

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Immigration and intergenerational economic mobility

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible in the Journal of Population Economics finds that immigration from low-income countries reduces intergenerational mobility and thus steepens the social gradient in natives’ labor market outcomes, whereas immigration from high-income countries levels … Continue reading

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The case of Astrazeneca’s Vaxzevria vaccine: Can a supranational medicines agency restore trust after vaccine suspensions?

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the impact of the European Medicines Agency’s 2021 March 18th statement assuring the public of the safety of Vaxzevria and the immediate reinstatement of the vaccine by most countries to find that survey respondents’ … Continue reading

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How Collective Bargaining Shapes Poverty: New Evidence for Developed Countries

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a poverty-reducing effect of collective bargaining institutions stems from the political strength of trade unions in promoting public social spending rather than from any direct effect on earnings inequalities. GLO Discussion Paper No. … Continue reading

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Optimal lockdown and social welfare

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible in the Journal of Population Economics examines the robustness of the optimal lockdown strategy to the postulated social welfare criterion. Optimal lockdown and social welfare by Pierre Pestieau and Grégory Ponthière Published … Continue reading

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Do Elections Accelerate the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from a Natural Experiment.

A new GLO Discussion Paper confirms for the Czech Republic that elections in 2020 propagated the spread of Covid-19. GLO Discussion Paper No. 891, 2021 Do Elections Accelerate the COVID-19 Pandemic? Evidence from a Natural Experiment – Download PDFby Ján … Continue reading

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Sexual orientation and earnings

The meta-analysis provided in a new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible finds that gay men earned less than heterosexual men; lesbian women earned more than heterosexual women, while bisexual men earned less than heterosexual men. Sexual Orientation and Earnings. … Continue reading

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