Category Archives: Science

Zimmermann is EBES Fellow 2018

Posted on July 15, 2017 by admin

The Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) was founded in early 2008 as a truly global organization. EBES brings together worldwide researchers and professionals in the areas of business and economics, encourages scholars, provides network opportunities for conference attendees to … Continue reading →

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Conference on Wellbeing in Kyiv and a policy panel on migration

Posted on July 12, 2017 by admin

International Conference “People Matter: Quality of Life and Wellbeing of Individuals, Families and Communities in Post-Transition Economies” organized by the Kyiv School of Economics and VoxUkraine on September 14-15, 2017 in Kyiv in Ukraine. It is supported by the Global … Continue reading →

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Call for Research on School to Work Transitions

Posted on July 11, 2017 by admin

Call for papers for a special issue of the International Journal of Manpower on: “The School to work transition: Cross-country differences, evolution and reforms“ Edited by Francesco Pastore (University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli” and GLO) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, … Continue reading →

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SEHO 2017: Society for Household Economics Created

Posted on July 11, 2017 by admin

A new scientific society has been created on June 25 and 26, 2017 during the first annual meetings of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO) in San Diego, California, USA. The event took place at the San Diego … Continue reading →

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Household Economics Conference in San Diego Begins

Posted on June 25, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University, UNU-MERIT and President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), provides a keynote speech at the first annual meetings of the Society of Economics of the Household (SEHO). SEHO is organized by Shoshana Grossbard, San Diego … Continue reading →

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Mexico City: IEA World Congress Ends

Posted on June 24, 2017 by admin

After one week of intense work, the World Congress 2017 of the International Economic Association (IEA) in Mexico City ended on June 23, 2017. The IEA brings together scientific societies, individual researchers, and the policy community of the world. The … Continue reading →

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Remittances Foster Growth and Development

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin

Remittances provide developing economies with the means to grow. Therefore, migration contributes to development. And migration policy is development policy. The 2017 David K Smith Symposium at Middlebury College deals with this issue. Prominent researchers speak (see program below) including … Continue reading →

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Economic Stars 2017: Journal of Population Economics strongly represented

Posted on April 2, 2017 by admin

The Economic Stars present the top cited, highly downloaded, and most shared journal articles published 2016 in the Springer economics journals. Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University & UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, is President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Editor-in-Chief of … Continue reading →

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Central European University: Existence in Danger

Posted on April 2, 2017 by admin

Budapest, Hungary: The Central European University (CEU) fights for survival. “Concerned citizens in Hungary, Europe, and around the world, express their solidarity with Central European University (CEU) and express concern at proposed legislative changes to CEU’s status in Hungary. These … Continue reading →

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New global network – the Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Posted on March 10, 2017 by admin

Today, the world faces a rising controversy about the benefits of globalization and international collaborations….  To deal with this challenge, we have now started a new initiative, the GLO, the Global Labor Organization. The catchword will be glabor, hence the … Continue reading →

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