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Second GLO-Renmin University Labor Economics Conference in Beijing: Second Day on December 8, 2019.

Posted on December 8, 2019 by admin

The second day of the Second GLO – Renmin University of China Conference on Labor Economics in Beijing finished on 8 December 2019. More details and full program; report on day 1; place: North Hall, Century Hall, RUC. December 8, … Continue reading →

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Second GLO-Renmin University Labor Economics Conference in Beijing: First Day on December 7, 2019.

Posted on December 7, 2019 by admin

The first day of the Second GLO – Renmin University of China Conference on Labor Economics in Beijing finished on 7 December 2019. More details and full program; place: North Hall, Century Hall, RUC. Conference organizers are GLO Fellows Corrado … Continue reading →

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GLO President visits Beijing Research Institutions from December 5 – 12, 2019. On December 5, he gave a luncheon keynote to a large international conference on ‘Vocational Education and Training Development’

Posted on December 7, 2019 by admin

On his one-week trip to Beijing/China, Klaus F. Zimmermann, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Bonn University, arrived on December 5 to participate in a one-day event: For the Future: International Conference on Vocational Education and Training Development … Continue reading →

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Visiting Brussels – a fresh start for Europe. GLO President Zimmermann in Brussels on December 3.

Posted on December 6, 2019 by admin

The new European Union Commission under the leadership of Ursula von der Leyen started to work on December 1, 2019 with the aim to re-vitalize Europe. On this occasion, GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann was visiting Brussels on December 3 … Continue reading →

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Second GLO-Renmin University Labor Economics Conference in Beijing: December 7-8, 2019.

Posted on December 6, 2019 by admin

Labor market issues will play the major role at the Second GLO – Renmin University of China Conference in Beijing on 7-8 December 2019. Keynote speakers of the event are GLO Fellows Shi Li of Zhejiang University and Xi Chen … Continue reading →

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Couples have better mental health after retirement, while single males suffer.

Posted on December 5, 2019 by admin

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for The Netherlands that retirement of partnered men positively affects mental health of both themselves and their partners, while single men experience a drop in mental health. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading →

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How time preferences of populations vary with political regimes: The case of Germany

Posted on December 4, 2019 by admin

An article in the January 2020 issue of the Journal of Population Economics reveals that former residents of the German Democratic Republic have a smaller present bias than former residents of the Federal Republic of Germany. Read more in: Time … Continue reading →

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Is the rise in US inequality caused by shifts in marital preferences?

Posted on December 3, 2019 by admin

An article published in the January 2020 issue of the Journal of Population Economics finds that assortative mating in education has become stronger in the United States, which has contributed to the observed rise in inequality. Read more in: The … Continue reading →

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Pauvreté, Egalité, Mortalité: Comparing French and US Mortality Inequality.

Posted on December 2, 2019 by admin

Despite a measured strong cross-sectional relationship between income and health, a new article in the January 2020 issue of the Journal of Population Economics finds no necessary connection between changes in income inequality and changes in health inequality. Read more … Continue reading →

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Promoting Awareness: December 1, 2019 is World HIV/AIDS Day. Economic Research on the Consequences of the Disease.

Posted on December 1, 2019 by admin

The number of deaths from the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to fall. This is particularly true in Africa with a striking example in South Africa, where new infections and deaths have both been reduced by 40 percent since 2010. However, the … Continue reading →

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