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60th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics ended in Mumbai

On December 16, Klaus F. Zimmermann had moved from Seoul/South Korea to Mumbai/ India, to participate at the 60th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), which took place on 19-21 December at the Indira Gandhi Institute … Continue reading

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Happy holidays 2018!

Back from a Pre-Christmas tour de force through three continents (November 28 to December 22): Luxembourg-Brussels-Kigali-Xiamen-Seoul-Mumbai conferences. Some quick pictures from the trip. (No Christmas signs in Kigali.) Now on my way to Florida and Atlanta…. Follow me on my … Continue reading

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Visiting the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) in Mumbai

On December 16, Klaus F. Zimmermann has moved to Mumbai, India, for the 60th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), which takes place 19-21 December at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). He will … Continue reading

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GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann spoke at AASLE in Seoul about parental learning among ethnic German migrants to Germany.

The President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University), reached South Korea on December 11 to speak first on December 12 in a research seminar at Sogang University Seoul about “Arsenic Contamination of Drinking … Continue reading

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November 2018: New GLO Discussion Papers & Discussion Paper of the Month on Sources of Inequality in East Africa

The discussion paper of the month (see below) deals with the sources of inequality in East Africa. It concludes that promoting equity in education requires policies that go beyond raising average school quality and should attend to the distribution of school … Continue reading

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October 2018: New GLO Discussion Papers & Discussion Paper of the Month on Human Consequences of Smog

The Discussion Paper of the Month October 2018 (see below) presents a remarkable review of the growing economic and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution, cognition performance and real-world decision making. All by a leading expert of the field, GLO Fellow & … Continue reading

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Dreaming in the “garden on the sea”: Exploring the other side of Xiamen

Jointly organized by WISE, the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) of Jinan University, and the Department of Economics of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the 2018 International Symposium on Contemporary Labor Economics at the Wang Yanan Institute … Continue reading

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From Kigali to Xiamen: GLO President Zimmermann to discuss research and policy issues

Starting from Bruxelles airport, GLO President Zimmermann reached on 1 December 2018 the Marriott Hotel in Kigali/Rwanda that hosted the 3-5 December African Economic Conference 2018. Organized jointly by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for … Continue reading

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Economic Integration for Africa’s Development: GLO President Zimmermann speaks at the African Economic Conference 2018 in Kigali/Rwanda

Starting from Bruxelles airport, GLO President Zimmermann reached on 1 December 2018 the Marriott Hotel in Kigali/Rwanda that hosts the 3-5 December African Economic Conference 2018. Organized jointly by the African Development Bank (AfDB), the United Nations Economic Commission for … Continue reading

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GLO President Zimmermann Accepts Invitation to be an Associate Member of the Centre for Workforce Futures at Macquarie University

In November 2017, Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT & President of the Global Labor Organization, GLO) has been a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. Now he affiliates with Macquarie University further by accepting an invitation of Lucy Taksa, Co-Director … Continue reading

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