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Do Swedish schools discriminate against children with disabilities?
A new GLO Discussion Paper provides evidence that Swedish schools discriminated against children with certain disabilities, and that discrimination is most prevalent in private schools. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading
Working From Home Under COVID-19: Evidence From Latin American and Caribbean Countries
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents considerable variation in the potential to work from home across occupations, industries, regions and workers’ socioeconomic characteristics in Latin American and Caribbean Countries. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Well-being and Health Costs of Leaving Self-Employment
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that transitioning from self-employment to salaried employment brings small improvements in health and life satisfaction, but the negative psychological costs of business failure are substantial and exceed the costs of involuntarily losing a salaried … Continue reading
Implications of goal-setting among students in Tanzania
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that on Zanzibar goal-setting among students has a significant positive impact on time use, study effort, and self-discipline – but no impact on their test scores. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, … Continue reading
Inter-country Distancing, Globalization and the Coronavirus Pandemic. GLO Discussion Paper No. 508 now forthcoming in The World Economy.
The GLO Discussion Paper finds that measures of globalization are positively related to the spread of the virus, both in speed and size. However, the study also confirms that globalized countries are better equipped to keep fatality rates low. The … Continue reading
Terra McKinnish of University of Colorado Boulder joins the group of Editors of the Journal of Population Economics
With immediate effect, Terra McKinnish (University of Colorado Boulder) joins the group of Editors of the Journal of Population Economics. She will work with Editors Alessandro Cigno (University of Florence), Shuaizhang Feng (Jinan University), Oded Galor (Brown University), Editor-in-Chief Klaus … Continue reading
Longer School Schedules, Childcare and the Quality of Mothers’ Employment: Better Childcare Leads to Better Jobs.
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that school reform in Chile improving childcare increased the quality of parents’ jobs. Less educated mothers benefited most. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading
Coronacrisis: 32nd EBES Conference in Istanbul moved to August 5-7, 2020
The 32nd EBES Conference in Istanbul was moved to August 5-7, 2020 due to the Coronacrisis. See PDF of New Call. 32nd EBES Conference – Istanbul, August 5-7, 2020, Istanbul, TurkeyHosted by Kadir Has University Invited Speakers We are pleased … Continue reading
GLO Country Lead for St. Kitts and Nevis
GLO Fellow Colin Cannonier, Associate Professor at Belmont University, has been appointed GLO Country Lead for St. Kitts and Nevis (a dual-island nation between the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea), where he is a frequent advisor to the government. In … Continue reading
The Short-Term Economic Consequences of COVID-19 in the United States: Exposure to Disease, Remote Work and Government Response
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents the short-term effects of COVID-19 in the United States: The negative impacts are larger for men, younger workers, Hispanics and less-educated workers, increasing labor market inequalities. Individuals in occupations working in proximity to others … Continue reading