Category Archives: Media

It pays to care! GLO Fellows Stijn Baert & Sunčica Vujić find Volunteering Premium in causal analysis

Posted on May 26, 2018 by admin

Caring seems to be at odds with the simple model of economic agents as understood by the wider societal audience. However, care taking is a more and more popular field in economic analysis. A recent study in the Journal of … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann receives prestigious EBES Fellow Award for his lifetime academic achievements at a large conference in Berlin

Posted on May 24, 2018 by admin

The 25th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES)  takes place on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin/Germany. It is jointly organized with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and hosted by the FOM University in the Berlin study center. … Continue reading →

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Alexander Spermann (Freiburg University and GLO) becomes Professor at FOM University with base in Cologne

Posted on May 19, 2018 by admin

Alexander Spermann (University of Freiburg) and prominent German policy advisor, has accepted a position at FOM University Cologne. He was appointed Professor of Economics on May 16, 2018 in a festive ceremony  by FOM Vice-Chancellor Professor Ingrid Eumann at the FOM … Continue reading →

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GLO & Yale University: Top China Health Policy Conference with over 200 Researchers

Posted on May 19, 2018 by admin

Over 200 researchers and health leaders gathered at Yale University on May 11-13, 2018 for the second biennial conference of the China Health Policy and Management Society (CHPAMS), focusing on advances in health policy and health care in China and … Continue reading →

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Alexander Spermann zum Professor an der FOM Hochschule Köln ernannt.

Posted on May 18, 2018 by admin

Alexander Spermann, Privatdozent der Universität Freiburg und selbständiger Politikberater, wurde am 16. Mai 2018 in der Kölner Einrichtung der FOM Hochschule zum Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre ernannt. Bereits seit 2017 unterrichtet er in Köln; diese Lehrtätigkeit wird er jetzt weiter fortsetzen. … Continue reading →

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“Intergenerational effects of the pension reform in China” and other fresh research in Population Economics! Access to the table of content of issue 3, 2018, of the Journal of Population Economics.

Posted on May 3, 2018 by admin

The intergenerational education spillovers of pension reform in China “Economic theory establishes that pension privatization weakens the link between old and young and so reduces the incentive to invest in public education in an economy with lower return rate of … Continue reading →

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Important Health Policy and Healthcare Event Supported by GLO takes place at Yale University on May 11-13, 2018

Posted on April 14, 2018 by admin

Important health research and policy event at Yale University organized by the China Health Policy and Management Society and GLO Fellow Xi Chen of Yale University, and supported, among others, by the Global Labor Organization (GLO). GLO is contributing two … Continue reading →

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“Migration belebt den Arbeitsmarkt”: GLO Präsident Zimmermann im Grundsatz-Interview mit den “Salzburger Nachrichten”

Posted on March 31, 2018 by admin

Migration und Arbeitsmarkt bewegt Europa in vielfältiger Weise. Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht Universität und Universität Bonn), der auch Präsident der Global Labor Organization (GLO) ist, hatte diese Thematik jüngst in Österreich in Wien diskutiert: Europatag der Wirtschaftskammer Österreichs zu … Continue reading →

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Family and Childhood Experiences Affect Adult Wellbeing: New Free Discussion Paper

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

This is the GLO Discussion Paper of the month March 2018:  Flèche, Sarah & Lekfuangfu, Warn N. & Clark, Andrew E. , The Long-Lasting Effects of Family and Childhood on Adult Wellbeing: Evidence from British Cohort Data, GLO Discussion Paper, … Continue reading →

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Editor’s Time: Exchange Between the Editors of Two Top Journals in Economics in Guangzhou

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

Hua Liang, the Economics Editor of the top Chinese research journal “Social Science in China” met Klaus F. Zimmermann, the Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Population Economics” for a thorough exchange of ideas, strategies and practices of the academic journal … Continue reading →

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