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Immigration leads to lower physical burden and injury risk among native workers: New GLO Research Paper & other fresh research

Titles and free access/links to GLO Discussion Papers GLO Discussion Papers are research and policy papers of the GLO Network which are widely circulated to encourage discussion. Provided in cooperation with EconStor, a service of the ZBW – Leibniz Information Centre for … Continue reading

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Founder of Unified Growth Theory Oded Galor of Brown University Appointed Editor. He Reflects on Publishing Research in Population Economics

On 1 July 2018, Oded Galor becomes Editor of the Journal of Population Economics following Erdal Tekin, who has taken the position of Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) (see for further details). Galor joins the … Continue reading

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GLO Fellow Erdal Tekin edits Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM) starting 1 July 2018. Interview with him about policy research and publishing.

On 1 July 2018, Erdal Tekin becomes the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management (JPAM). His role as Editor of the Journal of Population Economics will be taken by Oded Galor. For an interview with Erdal Tekin … Continue reading

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Journal of Population Economics. The new Report of the Editor-in-Chief available: Improved strong performance of the top journal in population economics

The Journal of Population of Economics is an international quarterly research journal that publishes original theoretical and applied contributions on the economics of population, household, and human resources. It is owned by Springer Nature and operates from POP at UNU-MERIT, … Continue reading

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GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann will be a keynote speaker at Chinese Labor Market conference in Beijing October 20-21, 2018

The School of Labor and Human Resources at Renmin University of China (Beijing) and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) have just announced the creation of a new conference series on issues related to the Chinese labor market. The first event … Continue reading

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Price and Wage-Setting in Advanced Economies — High-profile Conference of the European Central Bank in Sintra/Portugal

Over 120 invited participants, central bankers, scientists and policymakers from Europe and around the world discuss pressing economic issues on “Price and Wage – Setting in Advanced Economies” on 18-20 June 2018 in Sintra, Portugal. The prestigious conference center Penha … Continue reading

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Forthcoming Summer School on Migration and Asylum in Bologna from 9 -14 July 2018. Application deadline is June 15, 2018!

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) supports the International Summer School on Migration and Asylum (migrationschool.eu) in Bologna. migrationschool.eu has joined GLO as an institutional supporter. The International Summer School on Migration and Asylum is a high-level training organized every year in … Continue reading

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Indian Labor Economists Celebrate Diamond Jubilee Year of the Formation of ISLE in Mumbai. Invitation to Present a Paper at the Event!

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) supports the annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) and the associated Indian Journal of Labour Economics. Both are partner institutions of the GLO. Klaus F. Zimmermann is President of the GLO. … Continue reading

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GLO President Zimmermann will soon visit Baku, Azerbaijan, to intensify local policy and research contacts.

Chairman Natig Shirinzade of the Institute of Global Economic Problems has recently participated at the GLO-EBES 25 conference on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin to present a paper on “Migration and Social Mobility within and between Countries and its Economic … Continue reading

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Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev: Family matters for later life satisfaction. Fresh research from the GLO Paper of the month; and other GLO papers free to access.

In their GLO Discussion Paper of the month, Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev find that the adverse effects associated with parental unemployment experienced at a young age tend to last well into young adulthood and are more nuanced than previously … Continue reading

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