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Category Archives: News
Understanding the nature of the data economy: level of knowledge is below the socially desirable amount.
A new GLO Discussion Paper presents a theoretical conceptualization of the data economy: Knowledge extraction from large, inter-connected data sets displays natural monopoly characteristics that generate and disclose the amount of knowledge that maximizes their profit. Provided that monopoly theory … Continue reading
Unmasking popular COVID-19 Myths: reported infections and mortality
A new GLO Discussion Paper defends the quality of key available coronavirus data: The cross-country correlation between log of tests and log of reported cases (per capita) and the correlation between log of reported cases and log of reported deaths … Continue reading
Worker at risk in the #coronacrisis: The Italian lockdown experience.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that in Italy groups at risk of COVID-19 work in sectors that are little exposed to physical proximity, they are currently under lockdown or can work remotely. The sectoral lockdowns put in place by … Continue reading
#Coronavirus: Total infections per 1 million people: Sweden does better than Germany
Still too early for a final judgment; but Sweden is an important alternative to the mainstream approach of total lockdown. Only this way we can learn how to best approach such pandemics to save lives in the future. Final answers … Continue reading
Why social distancing and lockdowns play an important role to fight the coronavirus: Interview with top medical historian Howard Markel of the University of Michigan.
The world still struggles about a convincing strategy to handle the #coronavirus crisis. What is the right strategy with social distancing. Were the huge lockdowns in many states necessary? How to move out of the lockdowns? Read the insights of … Continue reading
#Conoravirus impact on developing countries will be much worse.
The world still struggles about a convincing strategy to handle the #coronavirus crisis. The developed world was affected first, but the forthcoming consequences for the developing countries may be much worse. Some insights from an interview with development economist Asad … Continue reading
Self-employed workers commute less than their employee counterparts.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that male and female self-employed workers in Western Europe devote 14% and 20% less time to commuting than their employee counterparts. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that … Continue reading
Interview with the Jordanian author Hisham Bustani on the future of the planet and global solidarity in face of the #coronacrisis
The world still struggles about a convincing strategy to handle the #coronacrisis. The taken measures may have helped to contain the development, but generate also very serious challenges for the longer future of the planet and global solidarity. The award-winning … Continue reading
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Wellbeing in China during the coronacrisis
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for wellbeing in China in the coronacrisis that credibility of real-time updates and confidence in the epidemic control are associated with a decline in depression and an increase in happiness. The Global Labor Organization … Continue reading
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Publishing research on the Chinese coronavirus case: Background interview with IESR.
A substantially revised version of a recent GLO Discussion Paper (also the GLO Discussion Paper of the Month March) on the Coronacrisis in China has been accepted after rigorous peer review for publication in the Journal of Population Economics. The … Continue reading