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Five GLO/EHERO Sessions on “Happiness Economics” on the 2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies on Friday, August 27.

2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life StudiesISQOLS 2021 CONFERENCE: “Quality-of-life and Adaptation in a Virulent World”VIRTUAL EVENT: 23-27, AUGUST 2021 The 2021 Virtual Conference of the International Society for Quality-of-Life Studies (ISQOLS 2021) on “Quality-of-life and Adaptation … Continue reading

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The Long-Term Effect of FIFA World Cup on Gender Gap in Education and Employment: Evidence from Vietnam

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that exposure to the FIFA Soccer World Cups had had a negative impact on male Vietnamese student performance and subsequent labor market success. GLO Discussion Paper No. 893, 2021 The Long-Term Effect of FIFA … Continue reading

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Trends in subjective income poverty rates in the European Union

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds a decreasing trend in subjective poverty in 16 of 28 countries. Conversely, the official relative income poverty indicator exhibits increasing trends in eleven countries, with decreasing trends in only four countries. GLO Discussion Paper … Continue reading

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Social Mobility and Political Regimes: Intergenerational Mobility in Hungary, 1949-2017

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that social mobility rates were low during the Communist regime, and did not change measurably during the transition; however, the composition of the political elite changed fast and sharply. GLO Discussion Paper No. 889, … Continue reading

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Poor vs Non-Poor Households in Uruguay: Welfare Differences from Food Price Changes

A new GLO Discussion Paper evaluate the differential responses of poor households vs. non-poor households to changes in food expenditures and prices and simulate the welfare losses from food price changes across poverty definitions. GLO Discussion Paper No. 890, 2021 … Continue reading

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Something in the Pipe: Flint Water Crisis and Health at Birth

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies a natural experiment in the US to find that there are relevant effects of in utero exposure to polluted water on health at birth. GLO Discussion Paper No. 887, 2021 Something in the Pipe: … Continue reading

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The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity and sleep of child-parent dyads

A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that extreme weather conditions, including those associated with climate change, could make children vulnerable to reduced physical activity. GLO Discussion Paper No. 886, 2021 The impact of weather on time allocation to physical activity … Continue reading

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Call for contributions: 37th EBES Conference in collaboration with FOM University and GLO, Berlin/Germany, October 6-8, 2021. Submission deadline for abstracts is August 20!

Interested researchers are cordially invited to submit their abstracts or papers for presentation consideration. The 37th EBES Conference in Berlin will take place on October 6-8 2021 in Hybrid Mode (online and in-person). GLO is a co-organizing partner, and FOM … Continue reading

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Bye, bye, Hotel Mama, bye, bye good grades? Living in a student room and exam results in tertiary education.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that living in a student room as a tertiary education student in Belgium (instead of commuting between one’s parental residence and college or university) does not affect exam results. GLO Discussion Paper No. 885, … Continue reading

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The Labor Market Integration of Refugees and other Migrants in Germany

A new GLO Discussion Paper confirms that refugees and other migrants are less likely to be employed than natives and the employment gap is much higher for refugees. GLO Discussion Paper No. 884, 2021 The Labor Market Integration of Refugees … Continue reading

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