Category Archives: Research

School to Work Transition and Macroeconomic Conditions in the Turkish Economy.

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the consequences of the macroeconomic situation in Turkey for school-to-work transitions. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate … Continue reading

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Birth in Hard Times When You Belong To Minorities

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the impact of the 2008 recession on the health of immigrant newborns in Italy and finds that the negative effects on immigrants are not equally distributed across ethnicities, but rather they are driven by … Continue reading

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Chinese Labor Market: Third Renmin University – GLO Conference takes place virtually on December 19, 2020. Program and pre-registration information available now.

Hosted by the University of Kent on the invitation of GLO Director Matloob Piracha, the Third Renmin University—GLO Conference on the Chinese Labor Market takes place virtually on December 19, 2020. Organizers are GLO Fellows Liqiu Zhao and Zhong Zhao … Continue reading

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Unions, Collective Bargaining and Firm Performance

A new GLO Discussion Paper surveys the respective literature and provides a mixed picture about the role of unions for firm performance, for instance researchers found higher productivity but lower profitability. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading

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School-to-Work Transition: An International Comparative Perspective: Call for papers for a special issue.

Consider submitting now for a special issue on School-to-Work Transition: An International Comparative Perspective for: International Journal of Manpower. Guest Editor: Francesco Pastore. Professor Pastore is Head of the GLO Cluster on School-to-Work Transition and GLO Country Lead Italy. The … Continue reading

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Unmet health care need and income-related horizontal equity in access during the COVID-19 pandemic.

A new GLO Discussion Paper assesses how the UK health care system performed against the norm of horizontal equity in health care access during the first wave of COVID-19 wave. There is no evidence that horizontal equity, with respect to … Continue reading

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Unions and Workers’ Well-being

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the literature on the wellbeing of union members. Union members can be expected to exhibit higher job satisfaction than comparable non-members, but this is not consistent with empirical findings. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading

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Worker Voice and Political Participation in Civil Society

A new GLO Discussion Paper outlines the key theoretical channels by which worker voice can affect political and civic participation, highlights important methodological challenges in identifying causal relationships and mechanisms, and summarizes the major research findings pertaining to nonunion and … Continue reading

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Social Identity and Aspiration – Double Jeopardy or Intersectionality? Evidence from Rural India.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that social identity reflected by caste and gender affect future aspirations negatively. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to … Continue reading

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The intergenerational effects of birth order on education

A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics finds for European countries that parents who are firstborns are better educated and have more educated children compared with later born parents. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading

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