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A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that papal visits in Italy lead to increased church attendance and a decline in abortions that is greater when the Pope mentions abortion in his speeches. Read more in: … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the academic advantage of children of Asian immigrants is mainly attributable to more time investments in educational activities or favorable initial cognitive abilities and not to socio-demographics or parenting styles. The Global Labor … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds no significant relationship between Protestant missions and the development of democracy. 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 … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper for China finds that labor scarcity encourages firms to adopt more incentive pay which leads to higher firm productivity and reduces misallocation of labor. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading →

The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of February finds that raising the school leaving age can be effective in reducing the incidence of teenage pregnancy among socially excluded women, even if it does not affect the general population. An … Continue reading →

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 461–482. In China, social networks play an important role in risk sharing. The paper shows that the main channel through which siblings affect household investment is risk sharing. Risk sharing, siblings, and household equity … Continue reading →

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 441-460. The paper shows that the optimality of authority (leadership) delegation for the sequential-action game played by rotten kids and a parent depends crucially on the degree of heterogeneity in the kids’ preferences. The … Continue reading →

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 413-440. The paper documents that children higher in the birth order are much more likely to be unwanted, and this is associated with negative life cycle outcomes. Birth order and unwanted fertility — by … Continue reading →

Journal of Population Economics (2020) 33: 395–411. The lead paper in the April 2020 issue of the journal provides a growth-theoretic analysis of the effects of intellectual property rights on the take-off of an economy from an era of stagnation … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper evaluates the impact of a policy reform in Belgium on the transition to work of young labor market entrants with little experiences: Only short-term effects. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading →