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Call for Applications for the 2020-21 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS): Deadline August 20, 2020.
Completing a very successful first cohort 2019-20, Global Labor Organization (GLO) invites interested young scholars to apply for participation in the 2020-21 GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS) Application deadline: August 20, 2020, 5 pm GMTPDF of this call … Continue reading
Family stress and domestic violence under Covid-19
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Canada that remote work on a large scale does not lead to family violence. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading
Econometric Modeling of Human Fertility
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews key contributions to econometric analysis of human fertility in the last 20 years. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform … Continue reading
Google Trends & Internet Data for Research
Social media data have become a reliable source for research in particular when traditional sources are unavailable. This happens in particular within crises like the 2008 Financial Crisis and the 2020 Covid-19 Pandemic. Below list some of the original contributions … Continue reading
June 20 is World Refugee Day.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the situation of refugees much more dramatic. The world has to address this challenge as one of the top priorities. Researchers can contribute in the long-run through studies on the sources of conflict, on the … Continue reading
How Linguistic Traits Foster Human Capital Formation
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that existing cross-language variations among migrants from the same countries of origin affected human capital accumulation of second generation migrants in the US. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Statistical Discrimination & Asymmetric Employer Learning in the US
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for the US that firms statistically discriminate workers based on race when employer learning is asymmetric. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network … Continue reading
Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia
A new GLO Discussion Paper for Russia suggests that the measured equivalence scale elasticity is sensitive to household demographic composition. Adjustments result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading
Interview with the Greek Policy Advisor and GLO Fellow Panos Tsakloglou on the Greek Story in the COVID-19 Crisis.
Greece has performed very well in the management of the COVID-19 crisis but faces now a huge economic downturn. What are the elements of success, the challenges ahead and the role of scientific experts? Some insights from an interview with … Continue reading
Turning Vietnam’s COVID-19 Success into Economic Recovery: A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy
A new GLO Discussion Paper for the Vietnam finds that having a job is strongly and positively associated with better finance and more income and savings, as well as more optimism about the resilience of the economy in the COVID-19 … Continue reading