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Is the European Union on course to become the big loser in the global tech race? A symposium of views in the new issue of ‘The International Economy’ with a contribution of Klaus F. Zimmermann.

Posted on June 22, 2022 by admin

THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY, The magazine of international economic policy, SPRING 2022 issue Current issue and past issues “Global analysts say that the United States and China are in a race to achieve the most advanced technological breakthroughs. The winner will … Continue reading →

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Just released: Scopus CiteScore ranks the Journal of Population Economics substantially higher – now 6.5 (2021) after 3.9 (2020)!

Posted on June 19, 2022 by admin

Unlike impact factors, CiteScore measures the contributions of journals with a broader coverage and more long-term (4 years) basis. The May 2022 published scores for 2021 are defined as: “CiteScore 2021 counts the citations received in 2018-2021 to articles, reviews, … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann: Covid-19 related research. #TopDownloadedArticle.

Posted on June 16, 2022 by admin

Contributions to the Covid-19 debate receive broad attention. The Zimmermann et al. (2020) paper (see below) gets #TopDownloadedArticle status in the journal The World Economy. The Covid-19 related research includes: Vu M. Ngo, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Phuc V. Nguyen, Toan … Continue reading →

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Research on Economic Preferences: Klaus F. Zimmermann will present in the UNU-MERIT Research Symposium, May Event Series, on Monday 16 May, 2022.

Posted on May 14, 2022 by admin

Professor Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO) will participate in the events around the “UNU-MERIT: 15 Year Celebration” next week. He contributes to the May Event Series: Research Seminars on May 16, 2022 by reporting about his work … Continue reading →

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Agenda: Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States. New research from the Journal of Population Economics by Caitlin Knowles Myers

Posted on May 4, 2022 by admin

GLO Discussion Paper No. 1073, 2022; in print:  Journal of Population Economics Confidential and legal access to abortion and contraception in the United States, 1960-2020 – Download PDFby Myers, Caitlin Knowles See also the GLO Post. GLO Fellow Caitlin Myers Ends;

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Sunday morning visitor: Fox in my home garden

Posted on May 2, 2022 by admin

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Economic preferences across generations in a development country setting. New research accepted for publication in the Journal of Political Economy.

Posted on March 29, 2022 by admin

Using data from large-scale experiments with entire families for Bangladesh, the research finds that both mothers’ and fathers’ risk, time and social preferences are significantly positively correlated with their children’s economic preferences. Results differ from evidence for rich countries. Shyamal … Continue reading →

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Smoking, drinking, drugs: Less risky behaviors with stronger external religiosity. Research paper published accessible.

Posted on March 26, 2022 by admin

Using data for young Romanians a research paper finds that it is external religiosity that interacts with weaker addictive behaviors like smoking, drinking and using drugs. The study is now forthcoming OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Economics, Management and … Continue reading →

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Register for a public event with Oded Galor: “The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality” on March 21.

Posted on March 9, 2022 by admin

Oded Galor (Brown University) will speak on March 21, 2022 (4.00 pm to 5.30 pm CET Berlin time) in a public world-wide online event on The Journey of Humanity: The Origins of Wealth and Inequality (With some lessons for the … Continue reading →

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Understanding the setup and speed of global COVID-19 vaccination campaigns

Posted on March 2, 2022 by admin

“CAMPAGNE VACCINALE. Bons et mauvais élèves de la vaccination dans le monde: radioscopie des facteurs clés.” Interview with the French Media Platform “Atlantico” on global drivers of vaccination success. Here is the interview in French. (English draft below.) It relates … Continue reading →

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