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First IESR – GLO Labor Workshop took place in Guangzhou at Jinan University, China

Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht) met with a larger number of Chinese researchers, GLO Fellows and scientists from outside China for the … Continue reading

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Zimmermann discusses career strategies with young Chinese scholars at Jinan University

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), was visiting Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, from … Continue reading

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Zimmermann’s China Research Papers

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), was visiting Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, from … Continue reading

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EBES-GLO-FOM Conference in Berlin: May 23, 2018 GLO Sessions Complete

The 25th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) will take place on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin/Germany. It is jointly organized with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and hosted by the FOM University in their Berlin study … Continue reading

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Global Insights – MyView: No abuse of child benefits!

Trouble is currently generating once again the payment of German child allowance abroad. 343 million euros were spent on foreign children living abroad in 2017, significantly less than in the previous year (414 million euros). It is true that payments … Continue reading

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Global Insights – eine Meinung: Kein Mißbrauch beim Kindergeld!

Aufregung erzeugt derzeit wieder einmal die Zahlung von deutschem Kindergeld ins Ausland. 343 Millionen Euro sind 2017 für im Ausland lebende ausländische Kinder geflossen, deutlich weniger als im Vorjahr (414 Millionen Euro). Richtig ist, daß sich dabei die Zahlungen im … Continue reading

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Understanding “Fading Hope” in the United States: Ritzen & Zimmermann suggest a new understanding of major changes of our world today

A large literature has discussed whether the increase in inequality over the last decade in Western industrial countries such as the United States (US) would lead to increasing tensions between socio-economic groups, social uprising and political change which might in … Continue reading

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GLO President Zimmermann visits Jinan University in Guangzhou China

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), visits Jinan University in Guangzhou China from March … Continue reading

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“Big Data and Unemployment Analysis” published in the Journal of Renmin University of China

Internet or “big” data are increasingly measuring the relevant activities of individuals, households, firms and public agents in a timely way. The information set involves large numbers of observations and embraces flexible conceptual forms and experimental settings. Therefore, internet data … Continue reading

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Global Insights – MyView: The double SDP in decline?

As announced this morning, the members of the German Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands (SPD), the SDP, are supporting a new Grand Coalition with Angela Merkel and her conservatives with a strong vote of two thirds. It is a self-rescue in the … Continue reading

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