Category Archives: Research

A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate economics. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform … Continue reading

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Macroeconomic Contractions during Impressionable Years and Entrepreneurship in Later Adulthood

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that bad economic conditions when young can significantly predict higher entrepreneurship in later life. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading

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REMINDER: Join the Online Workshop on “Technological Change, Employment & Skills” on June 7, 2021. Program and Details to Participate.

Organized by POP@UNU-MERIT, GLO & Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and hosted by UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, an Online Workshop on “Technological Change, Employment & Skills” will take place on June 7, 2021, 2.00 – 6.00 pm CEST/Maastricht/Dutch time. The workshop presents … Continue reading

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The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Transformation of Health Policy: A Syndemic Perspective

After the pandemic is before the next pandemic: A new GLO Discussion Paper navigates through a long-awaited health policy transformation in areas that help to better prepare for the next pandemic. GLO Discussion Paper No. 848, 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic … Continue reading

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World War II, the Baby Boom and Employment: County Level Evidence

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that while most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, the increase in fertility was lower in high-casualty rate counties than in low-casualty rate counties which were positively related to … Continue reading

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Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes.

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible estimates the effects of an increase in free pre-school education in England on child development which were found to be small. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading

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Under- and over-investment in education: the role of locked-in fertility

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible argues that, in the presence of idiosyncratic ability shocks after childbirth, irreversible fertility decisions distort the resource allocation between the quantity and quality of children. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading

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COVID-19, Working from Home and the Potential Reverse Brain Drain

A new GLO Discussion Paper discusses reverse brain drain of white-collar migrant workers returning to live in their countries of origin while continuing to work for employers in their countries of destination as a consequence of working-from home experiences during … Continue reading

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Media Impact of Issue 2/2021 of the Journal of Population Economics.

Left, Michaella Vanore (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO), Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics (JoPE), and right, Alessio J. Brown (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO), former JoPE Managing Editor, both welcomed the participants to … Continue reading

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On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship

A new GLO Discussion Paper presents a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading

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