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The Effects of the 2008 Labour-Migration Reform in Sweden: An Analysis of Income

Posted on October 17, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper investigates the 2008 policy change in Sweden’s immigration policy. The new non-selective labor-migration policy lowered labor migrants’ mean income by opening the door to unskilled labor. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading →

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Third Webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20: Report and Video.

Posted on October 16, 2020 by admin

Third webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20 All the presentation in this series are based on the projects that GLO-VirtYS program scholars completed as part of their program participation. Videos of the event are available … Continue reading →

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How many correspondence tests are enough to detect discrimination among single agents? A longitudinal study on the Belgian real estate market

Posted on October 16, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper investigates how many discrimination tests per single agent are needed to convincingly proof discrimination. For the Belgium real estate market, it appears that 10 or more tests are needed per realtor to detect discrimination with … Continue reading →

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Still the lands of equality? On the heterogeneity of individual factor income shares in the Nordics.

Posted on October 15, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds rising inequality in the Nordic countries in the composition of individual incomes which is due mostly to a shift in capital incomes towards the top of the distribution. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading →

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The role of foreign direct investment in growth: Spain, 1964-2013

Posted on October 14, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds a significant contribution of foreign capital on the accumulated growth of GDP over the period of analysis in Spain. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading →

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Nudging Demand for Academic Support Services: Experimental and Structural Evidence from Higher Education

Posted on October 13, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the demand for academic support services at a large U.S. public university. Approximately one-third of students are never attentive to student services, and the characteristics of advertising messages matter. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading →

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Returns to Education in the Russian Federation: Some New Estimates

Posted on October 12, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Russia that although the returns to schooling increased for a time, they are now much lower than the global average. Private returns to education are three times greater for higher education compared with … Continue reading →

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Motherhood and labor market penalty: a study of the Indian labor market

Posted on October 11, 2020 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the motherhood penalty on the Indian labor market and how it varies across the different cultural values pertaining to different family settings, regions and workplaces. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading →

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“2nd Bank of Italy Human Capital Workshop” held online on the 26th of October, 2020: Program and how to participate.

Posted on October 10, 2020 by admin

Below is the program of the “2nd Bank of Italy Human Capital Workshop”, which will be held online on the 26th of October, 2020. Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. To attend please register with: human_capital@bancaditalia.it. The … Continue reading →

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Third Webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20. Announcement for October 15, 2020.

Posted on October 9, 2020 by admin

Third webinar in the GLO Virtual Young Scholar (GLO-VirtYS) Program, Cohort 2019-20 All the presentation in this series are based on the projects that GLO-VirtYS program scholars completed as part of their program participation. This seminar is GLO internal, special … Continue reading →

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