Category Archives: Research

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible in the Journal of Population Economics finds that changes in legislation across time and between US states during the early twentieth century make parents chose to have fewer children in response to … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies various aspects of the wage gaps between formal and informal sector workers in Turkey: The decline in informal employment is not uniform, returns to informality vary significantly, and the rise of white collar low … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Italian women that those with stronger stereotypes are more likely to state that they know a victim of violence but are not more likely to state that violence (physical or psychological) is widespread … Continue reading →

The meta-analysis provided in a new GLO Discussion Paper finds that gay men earned less than heterosexual men; lesbian women earned more than heterosexual women, while bisexual men earned less than heterosexual men. GLO Discussion Paper No. 862, 2021 Sexual … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Switzerland that children born to mothers who were exogenously allocated to an environment that matched their linguistic heritage are on average healthier than those that were allocated to an unfamiliar language environment. GLO … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper for Scottish universities finds a substantial and persistent increase in cases in areas containing halls and evidence of persistent spillovers. GLO Discussion Paper No. 868, 2021 The impact of University reopenings on COVID-19 cases in … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the brain drain, human capital, and inequality’s institutional impact in a model where a rent-seeking elite taxes residents and voicing affects the likelihood of regime change. GLO Discussion Paper No. 866, 2021 A Political … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper based on data collected by the World Bank suggests that a significant proportion of surviving firms in Central America are vulnerable to permanent closure. GLO Discussion Paper No. 865, 2021 The Effects of COVID-19 on … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper on Vietnam suggests that COVID-19 leads to a substantial reduction in household’s per-capita income and to additional 1.7 million poor people. GLO Discussion Paper No. 864, 2021 An Ex-Ante Assessment on Poverty and Cash Transfer … Continue reading →