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Book launch in Brussels: A second chance for Europe. Jo Ritzen presents his new book now in Spanish at a crucial time for Europe. Una segunda oportunidad para Europa. Klaus F. Zimmermann leads the panel discussion.
Una segunda oportunidad para Europa (A Second Chance for Europe) calls upon us to rethink and reboot the European Union. The discontents of globalization threaten European values and call for a new economic order. EU Member States are backsliding on … Continue reading
“Tertiary education makes female entrepreneurial training effective”, finds a new GLO Discussion Paper.
A new GLO Discussion Paper studies female entrepreneurship as a possible growth driver. It finds that tertiary education makes entrepreneurial training of females effective. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading
New GLO Discussion Paper: Internship experience has positive effects for labor market outcomes.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds in line with the literature on vocational education programs that internship experience has a positive effect on labor market outcomes. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions … Continue reading
Impressions from a conference keynote in Sydney, November 11, 2019.
Health, Inequality and Behavior: GLO – supported Workshop on November 11-13 at Macquarie University, Sydney/Australia. More details see: KFZ-1, KFZ-2 and GLO. Ends;
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How Important is Job Prestige in Online Mating? New GLO Discussion Paper.
In traditional couple formation males seem to attach more value to attractiveness and women seem to focus on earnings potentials. A new GLO Discussion Paper finds in an online dating field experiment that job status or job prestige does not … Continue reading
GLO – supported Workshop on “Health, Inequality and Behavior” with GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann at Macquarie University, Sydney/Australia, ended November 13.
GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann has been a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University in 2017. Now he was speaking at a GLO – supported Workshop on “Health, Inequality and Behavior” organized at the University under the leadership of Kompal Sinha, … Continue reading
Former communist party members are often successful entrepreneurs. A new GLO Discussion Paper explains why.
Former communist party members often become successful entrepreneurs. A new GLO Discussion Paper is the first study to separate the causal effect of former Communist party membership from self-selection. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Health, Inequality and Behavior: GLO – supported Workshop with GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann on November 11-13 at Macquarie University, Sydney/Australia
Arrived from China, GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is visiting Macquarie University in Sydney from November 5-14. In 2017, he had been a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University before. Zimmermann enjoyed again the lovely city and its facilities, including the … Continue reading
Bargaining Agreement Extensions May Cause Unemployment and Firm Closures. Findings in the GLO Discussion Paper of the Month October.
The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of October investigates the economic effects of sector-wide bargaining agreements in Portugal, finding that extensions may contribute to unemployment and firm closure. GLO Discussion Papers are research and policy papers of the GLO Network which are widely … Continue reading
US Gun Ownership, Lethality and Murder Rates: Analysis and Policy Proposals in a New GLO Discussion Paper
A new GLO Discussion Paper discusses the US gun-related murder rate and places it in an international perspective, where the US rate is 27 times the average rate for 22 other developed countries; and the gun ownership rate is over … Continue reading