Category Archives: News

September 27, 2019. Self-employment and fertility: Is the future of work childless? A new GLO Discussion Paper.

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Does the growth of self-employment and in particular gig work among females explain part of the observed declining fertility rates? A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Portugal no statistically significant differences in fertility between employees and self-employed women. The … Continue reading →

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September 26, 2019. Fracking Era: Workers benefit from resource booms in their home state. A new GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the fracking innovations who had revolutionized the United States oil and gas industry and facilitated a boom in energy production were responsible for positive effects on the labor markets, in particular outside the … Continue reading →

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September 25, 2019. Delayed graduations and university dropouts. A new GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the economic literature to understand delayed graduations and university dropouts. 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 →

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September 24, 2019. Effects of social networks on the education-occupation mismatch of migrants. A new GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper studies for Italy how over-education affects migrants and it evaluates the role informal networks play in producing it. Migrants are more over-educated than natives, but the role of networks is equally relevant for both ethnic … Continue reading →

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September 23, 2019. ‘Testing the employment and skill impact of new technologies’. A new GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper provides an updated picture of main empirical evidence on the relationship between new technologies and employment. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading →

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September 21, 2019. ‘Parental responses to differences in children’s revealed abilities’: Forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics.

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The article finds that parents compensate disadvantaged children with greater cognitive resources using data from primary school-aged Ethiopian siblings. Read more in: Wei Fan & Catherine PorterReinforcement or compensation? Parental responses to children’s revealed human capital levels, forthcoming Journal of … Continue reading →

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September 19, 2019. Asylum seekers are more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations! New GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Switzerland that inclusive labor market policies increase the labor market participation of asylum seekers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading →

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September 12, 2019. Parental Migration Critically Affects Non-cognitive Development of Children in Rural China’. New GLO Discussion Paper.

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A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that parental migration has a significant negative effect on children’s non-cognitive development. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to … Continue reading →

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9/11 Memorial

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18th anniversary. See also. The chart shows the number of World Trade Center-related FDNY deaths by year. See statista. “July finally saw the long and drawn out battle to compensate 9/11’s ill first responders come to an end. President Trump … Continue reading →

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September 11, 2019. “Income Inequality and the Size of Government in Europe” is the GLO Discussion Paper of the Month in August.

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The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of August finds that government redistribution through expenditures is a useful tool capable of reducing net income inequality, and even more effectively than has been predicted by previous studies.    GLO Discussion Papers are … Continue reading →

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