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Career expectations in the COVID-19 crisis.
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents the pessimistic career expectations people currently have due to the corinavirus crisis on the basis of a new survey for Belgium. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that … Continue reading
Measurement challenges of poverty and inequality.
Incomes in surveys suffer from various measurement problems. A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the main source of negative disposable incomes is negative self-employment income. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions … Continue reading
Demographic Change induces Automation
A new GLO Discussion Paper reveals that countries with lower population growth introduce automation technologies faster. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global … Continue reading
Income inequality in the access to health care: Biomarkers, disability and health care demand
A new GLO Discussion Paper reveals that observed income inequality in the access to health care is driven by the fact that higher-income people tend to make greater use of healthcare treatment, for any given health and disability status. The … Continue reading
How to strengthen the public sector and restart a more sustainable and social Europe in the aftermath of the coronacrisis.
There is little doubt that –whatever countries do to fight the virus- the economies of many EU countries will be in serious disarray. It is likely that Governments and the EU in the struggle to regain employment and income will … Continue reading
Unmasking popular COVID-19 Myths: reported infections and mortality
A new GLO Discussion Paper defends the quality of key available coronavirus data: The cross-country correlation between log of tests and log of reported cases (per capita) and the correlation between log of reported cases and log of reported deaths … Continue reading
Understanding the nature of the data economy: level of knowledge is below the socially desirable amount.
A new GLO Discussion Paper presents a theoretical conceptualization of the data economy: Knowledge extraction from large, inter-connected data sets displays natural monopoly characteristics that generate and disclose the amount of knowledge that maximizes their profit. Provided that monopoly theory … Continue reading
Worker at risk in the #coronacrisis: The Italian lockdown experience.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that in Italy groups at risk of COVID-19 work in sectors that are little exposed to physical proximity, they are currently under lockdown or can work remotely. The sectoral lockdowns put in place by … Continue reading
#Coronavirus: Total infections per 1 million people: Sweden does better than Germany
Still too early for a final judgment; but Sweden is an important alternative to the mainstream approach of total lockdown. Only this way we can learn how to best approach such pandemics to save lives in the future. Final answers … Continue reading
Why social distancing and lockdowns play an important role to fight the coronavirus: Interview with top medical historian Howard Markel of the University of Michigan.
The world still struggles about a convincing strategy to handle the #coronavirus crisis. What is the right strategy with social distancing. Were the huge lockdowns in many states necessary? How to move out of the lockdowns? Read the insights of … Continue reading