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GLO Virtual Seminar on June 3, 2021: Report & Video of the Event with Chiara Rapallini on ‘Personality Traits and Earnings: A Meta-Analysis’.
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
Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? New Evidence on the Impact of Tenure on Productivity
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that tenure exhibits an inverted-U-shaped relationship with respect to productivity, but its impact differs widely across workforce and firm dimensions. GLO Discussion Paper No. 852, 2021 Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? … Continue reading
A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate economics. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform … Continue reading
Macroeconomic Contractions during Impressionable Years and Entrepreneurship in Later Adulthood
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that bad economic conditions when young can significantly predict higher entrepreneurship in later life. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading
REMINDER: Join the Online Workshop on “Technological Change, Employment & Skills” on June 7, 2021. Program and Details to Participate.
Organized by POP@UNU-MERIT, GLO & Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and hosted by UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, an Online Workshop on “Technological Change, Employment & Skills” will take place on June 7, 2021, 2.00 – 6.00 pm CEST/Maastricht/Dutch time. The workshop presents … Continue reading
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Transformation of Health Policy: A Syndemic Perspective
After the pandemic is before the next pandemic: A new GLO Discussion Paper navigates through a long-awaited health policy transformation in areas that help to better prepare for the next pandemic. GLO Discussion Paper No. 848, 2021 The COVID-19 Pandemic … Continue reading
World War II, the Baby Boom and Employment: County Level Evidence
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that while most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, the increase in fertility was lower in high-casualty rate counties than in low-casualty rate counties which were positively related to … Continue reading
Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible estimates the effects of an increase in free pre-school education in England on child development which were found to be small. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Report: “Human Resources Challenges” Virtual Workshop of the Academia Europaea (AE) Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” took place on May 17, 2021 hosted by the Central European University (CEU).
Hosted by the Central European University (CEU) and its CEU School of Public Policy (Vienna/Austria), the AE Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” of the Academia Europaea (AE), the Academy of Europe, organized a virtual Workshop on “Human Resources Challenges” … Continue reading
Under- and over-investment in education: the role of locked-in fertility
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible argues that, in the presence of idiosyncratic ability shocks after childbirth, irreversible fertility decisions distort the resource allocation between the quantity and quality of children. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading