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Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? Evidence from China
Is critical mass important? A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that it did not work out in China. GLO Discussion Paper No. 963, 2021 Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? Evidence from China – Download … Continue reading
Measuring welfare, inequality and poverty with ordinal variables
A new GLO Discussion Paper meets the challenge in making distributional comparisons with ordinal data. GLO Discussion Paper No. 962, 2021 Measuring welfare, inequality and poverty with ordinal variables – Download PDFby Silber, Jacques & Yalonetzky, Gaston GLO Fellows Jacques … Continue reading
Call for contributions: 38th EBES Conference, Warsaw/Poland, January 12-14, 2022. Submission deadline for abstracts is December 3, 2021!
Interested researchers are cordially invited to submit their abstracts or papers for presentation consideration. The 38th EBES Conference in Warsaw will take place on January 12-14, 2022 in Hybrid Mode (online and in-person). The event is supported by the Istanbul … Continue reading
Understanding inequality within households
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents that there are substantial inequalities within households in some contexts and that these often, but not always, disfavor women and children. GLO Discussion Paper No. 961, 2021 Understanding inequality within households – Download PDFby … Continue reading
Inequality and top incomes
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews methodologies and literature to capture and analyze top incomes. GLO Discussion Paper No. 959, 2021 Inequality and top incomes – Download PDFby Bartels, Charlotte & Waldenström, Daniel GLO Fellow Charlotte Bartels Author Abstract: This … Continue reading
Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during the Pandemic
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for South Korea that working from home affected females negatively, but not when workers live with children in the household. GLO Discussion Paper No. 960, 2021 Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during … Continue reading
Race against time to save human lives during the COVID-19 with vaccines: Global evidence
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that the number of new deaths per million significantly decreases after half of the population is vaccinated, but the number of new cases witnesses an insignificant change. GLO Discussion Paper No. 958, 2021 Race … Continue reading
GLO Virtual Seminar with Magnus Lodefalk on “New Work, Exiting Work and Artificial Intelligence”. Report & Video of the Event.
The GLO Virtual Seminar is a monthly internal GLO research event chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha and hosted by the GLO partner institution University of Kent. The results are available on the GLO website and the GLO News section, … Continue reading
Optimally Targeting Interventions in Networks during a Pandemic: Theory and Evidence from the Networks of Nursing Homes in the United States
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that laissez-faire pandemic policy is associated with an increased number of deaths in nursing homes and higher state GDP growth. In terms of the death count, laissez-faire is more harmful to nursing homes than … Continue reading
Long-term consequences of conflict for child school achievements
A new paper published OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics shows that an increase in family experience of conflict has large negative long-term effects on the educational attainment of children. Cohort at risk: long-term consequences of conflict for … Continue reading