Monthly Archives: May 2021

What shifts did covid-19 year 2020 bring to the labour market in Europe?

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that previous crises have typically lead not only to more unemployment but also to larger numbers of discouraged unemployed and thus more inactivity. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading

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Variation in labour skills and offshoring across time zones.

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides a theoretical framework to show that offshoring to a different time zone is beneficial even when the complexity of stages of production varies. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading

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What Explains Vietnam’s Exceptional Performance in Education Relative to Other Countries?

A new GLO Discussion Paper explains part of this success story not by differences in students’ and schools’ observed characteristics, but instead by Vietnam’s greater “productivity” of those characteristics in comparison to other countries. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading

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Brothers increase women’s gender conformity

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free OPEN ACCESS finds for Denmark that women with a second-born brother acquire more traditional gender roles as measured through their choice of occupation and partner. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading

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