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Madeline Zavodny is Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. Shuaizhang Feng and Kompal Sinha are Associate Editors.

Posted on January 6, 2019 by admin

Friends of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the Journal of Population Economics participating at the ASSA 2019 Atlanta conference of the American economists attended the Reception of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) of Jinan University on … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann participates at the ASSA meeting in Atlanta January 4 – 6, 2019.

Posted on January 4, 2019 by admin

On January 3, Klaus F. Zimmermann has left his holiday resort at Miami Beach to participate at the ASSA 2019 Atlanta conference of the American economists. In his role as the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), he will … Continue reading →

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Ambassador Alfredo Toro Hardy & GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann interact on the ‘Crossroads of Globalization’ for Latin America

Posted on December 30, 2018 by admin

In October 2017, they have both spent a month together as prestigious Resident Scholars in the legendary Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio/Italy. Their major task: To think, debate, interact and write in a larger group of scientists from various … Continue reading →

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Research team wins prestigious research grant on ‘Migrant Ageing and Wellbeing’ in Australia. And more activities at Macquarie University, Sydney.

Posted on December 30, 2018 by admin

In 2017, Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, and President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) was a Visiting Professor at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. He has recently affiliated further with Macquarie University by accepting to join the local Centre for … Continue reading →

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Fascinating New Economic Research Freely Available from the GLO Discussion Paper Series of December 2018

Posted on December 28, 2018 by admin

The post links to the freely available GLO Discussion Papers of December 2018 and promotes two of the fascinating research contributions for a wider policy debate. Both papers deal with the relationship between migration and globalization. Anti-migration sentiments and threatened … Continue reading →

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Miami Beach & ASSA 2019 in Atlanta

Posted on December 25, 2018 by admin

After his trip through Africa and Asia, Klaus F. Zimmermann has left Bonn on December 23 to enjoy Christmas and the beginning of the New Year at Miami Beach. After the holidays, Klaus F. Zimmermann will participate at the ASSA … Continue reading →

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

Posted on December 22, 2018 by admin

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!

Posted on December 22, 2018 by admin

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

Posted on December 17, 2018 by admin

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.

Posted on December 17, 2018 by admin

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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