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A European ‘Hamiltonian Moment’? Contribution of Klaus F. Zimmermann to the debate in ‘The International Economy’.

Posted on October 24, 2020 by admin

Summer 2020: Europe-wide taxation and a European finance minister are necessary consequences of the new strategy. In: A Symposium of Views. Did Europe Just Experience Its ‘Hamiltonian Moment’? The International Economy. Summer 2020. Pp. 17-18. Text see below. Klaus F. … Continue reading →

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From the lockdown to the new normal: An analysis of the limitations to individual mobility in Italy following the Covid-19 crisis.

Posted on October 24, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper explores the impact of the adoption and the removal of restrictive measures in the Italian Covid-19 crisis on changes in individual mobility in Italy. The measures lowered individual mobility by about 7 percentage points. The … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam/Holland, October 23, 2020: Klaus F. Zimmermann provides keynote speech to virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”.

Posted on October 23, 2020 by admin

Amsterdam, October 23, 2020, 2 pm. Wageindicator Foundation. Virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”. Keynote speech of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University). Conference website. Ends;

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The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean

Posted on October 22, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds an increase in poverty and labor income inequality in the majority of the LAC countries due to social distancing. Most of the dispersion in the labor income loss across countries is explained by the … Continue reading →

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Irrigation and Culture: Gender Roles and Women’s Rights.

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper proposes that ancestral use of irrigation reduces contemporary female labor force participation and female property rights. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading →

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Edinburgh/Scotland, October 21, 2020. Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks in a public event of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on “Migration: Challenges and Perspectives”.

Posted on October 21, 2020 by admin

Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Online Public Lecture of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University) on Migration: Challenges and Perspectives. Event website. Ends;

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GLO Discussion Paper of the Month September on ‘The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution’.

Posted on October 20, 2020 by admin

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of September investigates how air quality changed during COVID-19 lockdown policies in Vietnam.     GLO Discussion Papers are research and policy papers of the GLO Network which are widely circulated to encourage discussion. Provided in cooperation with EconStor, a … Continue reading →

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The inter-generational fertility effect of an abortion ban

Posted on October 19, 2020 by admin

A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics finds that individuals whose mothers were affected by an abortion ban Romania employed in the mid-1960s had a significantly lower demand for children than those who were not. The … Continue reading →

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Measuring gender attitudes using list experiments. New article by GLO Fellows Niaz Asadullah and Zahra Siddique & colleagues.

Posted on October 18, 2020 by admin

A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics studies adolescent girls’ attitudes towards intimate partner violence and child marriage using data from rural Bangladesh. It further investigates how numerous variables relate to preferences for egalitarian gender norms … Continue reading →

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Brookings-Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum 2020 ended today with a session on “Internal migration and rural-urban inequality in China”

Posted on October 17, 2020 by admin

The Brookings-Jinan China Microeconomic Policy Forum 2020 took place on October 16-17, 2020. The second day (see program below) dealt with “Internal migration and rural-urban inequality in China”. GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann discussed a paper by Zhangfeng Jin on … Continue reading →

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