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Labor market effects of a work-first policy for refugees
A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics studies the labor market effects of a work-first policy that aimed at speeding up the labor market integration of refugees. New requirements for refugees to actively search for jobs … Continue reading
Biased Teachers and Gender Gap in Learning Outcomes: Evidence from India
The new GLO Discussion Paper presents evidence about the effects of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on learning outcomes of secondary school students in India. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading
A European ‘Hamiltonian Moment’? Contribution of Klaus F. Zimmermann to the debate in ‘The International Economy’.
Summer 2020: Europe-wide taxation and a European finance minister are necessary consequences of the new strategy. In: A Symposium of Views. Did Europe Just Experience Its ‘Hamiltonian Moment’? The International Economy. Summer 2020. Pp. 17-18. Text see below. Klaus F. … Continue reading
From the lockdown to the new normal: An analysis of the limitations to individual mobility in Italy following the Covid-19 crisis.
A new GLO Discussion Paper explores the impact of the adoption and the removal of restrictive measures in the Italian Covid-19 crisis on changes in individual mobility in Italy. The measures lowered individual mobility by about 7 percentage points. The … Continue reading
Amsterdam/Holland, October 23, 2020: Klaus F. Zimmermann provides keynote speech to virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”.
Amsterdam, October 23, 2020, 2 pm. Wageindicator Foundation. Virtual conference on the “GIG Economy Around the World”. Keynote speech of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University). Conference website. Ends;
The Distributional Consequences of Social Distancing on Poverty and Labour Income Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds an increase in poverty and labor income inequality in the majority of the LAC countries due to social distancing. Most of the dispersion in the labor income loss across countries is explained by the … Continue reading
Irrigation and Culture: Gender Roles and Women’s Rights.
A new GLO Discussion Paper proposes that ancestral use of irrigation reduces contemporary female labor force participation and female property rights. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading
Edinburgh/Scotland, October 21, 2020. Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks in a public event of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on “Migration: Challenges and Perspectives”.
Edinburgh. Royal Society of Edinburgh. Online Public Lecture of Klaus F. Zimmermann (President, GLO; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University) on Migration: Challenges and Perspectives. Event website. Ends;
GLO Discussion Paper of the Month September on ‘The Beneficial Impacts of COVID-19 Lockdowns on Air Pollution’.
The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month of September investigates how air quality changed during COVID-19 lockdown policies in Vietnam. 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 … Continue reading
The inter-generational fertility effect of an abortion ban
A new paper published online in the Journal of Population Economics finds that individuals whose mothers were affected by an abortion ban Romania employed in the mid-1960s had a significantly lower demand for children than those who were not. The … Continue reading