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Fully funded PhD opportunity in the UK on “Regional inequalities in health”.

The successful candidate will undertake econometric analysis to explore regional inequalities in health in the UK using detailed biomarker data available in a large national representative social science datasets. Contact: GLO Fellow Apostolos Davillas. MORE INFORMATION Ends;

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Labor Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad. Not much of an issue for the Portuguese economy.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Portugal that workers’ earnings and employment are significantly negatively affected by China’s competition, but only through the indirect ’market-stealing’ channel. In contrast to earlier evidence, the direct effects of Chinese imports are mostly … Continue reading

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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants.

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies both the physical and mental dimensions of health among European-born emigrants over 50, who originate from seven European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading

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Chula-GLO Publication Workshop: Advancing knowledge and promoting the dissemination of labor-related research through publishing in high impact factor journals on 16 Sept 2020, 9-12 am (Bangkok time).

GLO Country Lead Thailand Ruttiya Bhula-or (Chulalongkorn University) and GLO Southeast Asia Lead M Niaz Asadullah (University of Malaya) are heading a Chula-GLO Publication Workshop on “Publishing in high impact factor journals”. The event takes place on 16 September 2020, … Continue reading

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What can we learn from Italy? Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures.

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics investigates for the Italian case how to identify the pandemic early in “dirty” data and how to measure the success of lockdowns. Read more in: Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 … Continue reading

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GLO Fellow Kompal Sinha of Macquarie University spoke about ‘Paid Parental Leave and Maternal Mental Health’. Video from the GLO Virtual Seminar Series.

The GLO Virtual Seminar is a monthly internal GLO research event chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha and hosted by the GLO partner institution University of Kent. The results are available on the GLO website and the GLO News section, … Continue reading

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#VeniceFilmFestival: Filmmaker Michel Franco is back with “NEW ORDER”, considered to be his “most ambitious & darkest film”.

My Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio 2017 colleague Michel Franco returns in a week to the Venice Film Festival with his new film. Can be proud to have learned about the project of the Mexican film director during our joint visit at … Continue reading

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COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies. Article published ONLINE FIRST free.

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that social networks help explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about Coronavirus risk and in social distancing behavior. Read more in: … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. 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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Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the consequences of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad taken by emigrants from Tajikistan. 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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