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August 22, 2019. Endowment dominates preferences: Women’s work behavior across generations. Study published in the Journal of Population Economics.

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The results in the study suggest the dominance of the endowment channel over the preference channel. Read more in: Zhongda Li & Lu Liu:Preference or endowment? Intergenerational transmission of women’s work behavior and the underlying mechanismsJournal of Population Economics, Vol. … Continue reading →

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August 22, 2019. GLO Network Supports Young Scholars Through Its ‘Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS)’. Deadline for Applications: September 20, 2019

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Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2019-20 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS) Application deadline: September 20, 2019, 5 pm GMT About GLO: The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is a global, … Continue reading →

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August 22, 2019. How foreign aid affects asylum inflows: It depends on the state of development in the origin countries!

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A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that foreign aid may reduce asylum inflows from poor countries in the short run, but inflows from less poor economies show a positive but weak relation with aid. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading →

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August 21, 2019. Baby bonus as a successful pro-natalist policy? Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.

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The study using Canadian experiences finds that properly structured pro-natal policies can successfully increase fertility among different segments of the population. Read more in: Natalie Malak, Md Mahbubur Rahman & Terry A. Yip:Baby bonus, anyone? Examining heterogeneous responses to a pro-natalist policy Journal … Continue reading →

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August 21, 2019. Interest Rate Uncertainty Affects Investments

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A new GLO Discussion Paper derives the exact shape of the “hysteretic” impact of changes in the interest rate on macroeconomic investment under scenarios of both certainty and uncertainty. Conclusions deal with the efficacy of central bank’s interest rate policy. … Continue reading →

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Journal of Population Economics: Annual Report 2019 & Issue 4, 2019 available. Planning Meeting at UNU-MERIT.

Posted on August 20, 2019 by admin

The Editor-in-Chief (Klaus F. Zimmermann) and the Managing Editor (Michaella Vanore) of the Journal of Population Economics met on August 13, 2019 at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht/The Netherlands to discuss the newly available 2019 Editor-in-Chief Report (EiC), celebrated the just published … Continue reading →

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August 20, 2019. Skill Gaps and Mismatches at the Workplace Damage Firm Productivity

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A new GLO Discussion Paper disentangle the complex relationships between skill needs and the productivity of Italian companies. Those firms satisfying their skill needs through successful hiring show higher productivity. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading →

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August 19, 2019. Globalization reduces public employment. GLO Discussion Paper now published in “Economics Letters”

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Does globalization increases or decreases the size of government (“compensation” versus “efficiency” hypothesis)? The debate is re-visited with innovative bureaucracy and globalization indicators using panel data for the unexplored period 2000-2016. Robust evidence suggests that global competition reduces public employment. … Continue reading →

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August 19, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper compares political and cultural visions on migration.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that structural shortages of labor in developed countries and effectively unlimited supply of labor in the least developed countries generate unavoidable and indispensable international migrations of increasing size. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading →

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August 18, 2019. Monetary policy is weakened by interest rate uncertainty.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper investigates whether uncertainty over future interest rates in the Euro area hampers the monetary policy transmission. It finds hysteretic effects of interest rate changes on investment in most European countries. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading →

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