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A new GLO Discussion Paper studies gender preferences in Pakistan across three decades to reveal that preference for boys is visible in a increasing desired sex ratio and a worsening sex ratio at last birth. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1005, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for China that having disadvantaged peers significantly lowers conscientiousness, agreeableness, emotional stability, and social skills. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1004, 2021 Effects of Childhood Peers on Personality Skills – Download PDFby Feng, Shuaizhang & … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that countries perceived as less corrupt and more liberal experience higher vaccination rates. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1003, 2021 Vaccination Policy and Trust – Download PDFby Jelnov, Artyom & Jelnov, Pavel GLO Fellow Pavel … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for China that cities whose top officials had public health or medical backgrounds had significantly lower infection rates than cities whose top officials lacked such backgrounds. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1002, 2021 Role of … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that notwithstanding its beneficial effects, the rapid and widespread diffusion of new technologies poses serious challenges as to their appropriate use once the pandemic will be over and their long-lasting and transformative effects on … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that performance pay consistently and importantly associates with greater stress, but the risk tolerant receiving performance pay suffer less stress than the risk averse. GLO Discussion Paper No. 1000, 2021 Worker Stress and Performance … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that vaccination take-up as of November 2021 in England is positively associated with pre-vaccine COVID-19-related deaths. GLO Discussion Paper No. 999, 2021 When Reality Bites: Local Deaths and Vaccine Take-Up – Download PDFby Giulietti, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that immigrants’ location decisions respond strongly to long-run, technology-driven changes in their economic opportunities. GLO Discussion Paper No. 998, 2021 The supply of foreign talent: How skill-biased technology drives the location choice and skills … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies how parents decisions to send their children to work are affected by own child labor experiences and social norms. GLO Discussion Paper No. 997, 2021 Family Social Norms and Child Labor – Download PDFby … Continue reading →