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Game of Prejudice – how to fight taste-based discrimination.
A new GLO Discussion Paper provides evidence based on field experiments for the Roma community in Europe that when the cost of taste-based discrimination is made sufficiently high, such behavior disappears. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading
Coronavirus and the Future of Work: Interview with the Brazilian Daily ‘Valor Econômico’
Background interview with Diego Viana, reporter of the Brazilian daily Valor Econômico, who publishes a story on the relationship between the #Coronavirus Crisis and the future of work. Valor Econômico is the largest financial newspaper in Brazil. A Federal Reserve … Continue reading
Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility: Theory and Evidence from China and India
A new GLO Discussion Paper decomposes gender bias in China and India. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration. … Continue reading
Internal Chinese Welfare Migration: Some causal findings
A new GLO Discussion Paper provides evidence that improved welfare benefits substantially increase internal migration in China. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate … Continue reading
Firms benefit from Employer Associations.
A new GLO Discussion Paper provides evidence that Employer Associations affiliated firms in Portugal exhibit better outcomes concerning sales, employment, productivity, and wages. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international … Continue reading
Vocational education better than academic education in China
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that vocational education in China provides a wage premium vis-à-vis academic education of over 30%, but this holds only for individuals at the middle of the conditional wage distribution. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading
Only two…. Social Distancing. Germany in Transformation.
As of March 23, 2020, Germany bans groups of more than 2 outside the house. Will this stop the Coronavirus and the expected rise in fatal casualties significantly and for how long? Is the shut-down of large parts of the … Continue reading
Work time flexibility and intertemporal substitution in individual households.
In recent years, work time in many industries has become increasingly flexible. A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the resulting consequences for intertemporal substitution in individual households. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that … Continue reading
Life Satisfaction and Adaptation to Vulnerability in Russia
A new GLO Discussion Paper provides the first study on vulnerability adaptation to subjective well-being using panel data for Russia for the past two decades. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading
Unobserved Worker Quality Explains Inter-Industry Wage Differentials
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that unobserved worker quality accounts for approximately two thirds of the inter-industry wage differentials. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading