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Cohort at risk: long-term consequences of conflict for child school achievement

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics using data from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in the West Bank during the Second Intifada shows that an increase in family experience of conflict has large … Continue reading

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Does female breadwinning make partnerships less healthy or less stable?

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST in the Journal of Population Economics examines whether female breadwinning makes partnerships less healthy or less stable using more recent US and Australian data. The study finds a much more modest association in both … Continue reading

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The role of innovation in industrial dynamics and productivity growth: a survey of the literature

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the literature that investigates the effects of innovation on firm survival and firm productivity, the two main channels through which innovation drives growth. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading

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Canadian Small Businesses’ Employees and Owners during COVID-19

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Canada large decreases in the number of small business owners, the number of employed, and in hours worked, from February to July 2020. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading

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Education-occupation mismatch and dispersion in returns to education: Evidence from India

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies mismatch of workers in the Indian labor market: overeducated workers suffer a wage penalty and undereducated workers do not receive a wage reward as compared to their adequately educated counterparts. The Global Labor Organization … Continue reading

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Heterogeneous Shocks in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Panel Evidence from Italian Firms

A new GLO Discussion Paper document stronger shocks for truly innovative companies and effects on long-run growth operating through the disruption of preexisting R&D plans. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading

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The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution: Evidence from Vietnam

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that lockdowns improve air quality, but the effects appear to dissipate after ten weeks. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading

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The effect of job search requirements on welfare receipt

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds large negative effects on welfare receipts for an Australian reform that imposed job search requirements as a condition of unemployment benefit receipt with expected large labor supply consequences. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading

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GLO Discussion Paper of the Month on ‘True Covid-19 mortality rates from administrative data’ authored by GLO Fellow Domenico Depalo & all GLO DPs of August.

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of August demonstrates how to use administrative data to estimate the number of deaths, the number of infections, and mortality rates from Covid-19 in Lombardia, the hot spot of the disease in Italy … Continue reading

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Suffering and prejudice: Do negative emotions predict immigration concerns?

A new GLO Discussion Paper using data for Germany finds that negative emotions are statistically and significantly associated with the respondent’s immigration concerns. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international … Continue reading

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