Category Archives: Policy

Evaluating Migration: Opinions and Facts

Posted on May 7, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Bonn University in a lecture series “Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making in Germany“ about Labor Migration and the Role of Evaluation The event takes place between 18.00 – 20.00 … Continue reading →

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Remittances Foster Growth and Development

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin

Remittances provide developing economies with the means to grow. Therefore, migration contributes to development. And migration policy is development policy. The 2017 David K Smith Symposium at Middlebury College deals with this issue. Prominent researchers speak (see program below) including … Continue reading →

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Maxwell School of Syracuse University Lecture now online

Posted on April 9, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), visited the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University on March 29-30, 2017. He was invited to deliver the prestigious Andrew F. Smith … Continue reading →

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Central European University: Existence in Danger

Posted on April 2, 2017 by admin

Budapest, Hungary: The Central European University (CEU) fights for survival. “Concerned citizens in Hungary, Europe, and around the world, express their solidarity with Central European University (CEU) and express concern at proposed legislative changes to CEU’s status in Hungary. These … Continue reading →

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European Governance in Face of the Migration Crisis

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), visited the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. On March 30, 2017, he was invited to deliver the prestigious Andrew F. Smith … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann speaks on Development in US Universities

Posted on March 30, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, gave research seminars on: “Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health” on March 24, 2017: Economics Department, Rutgers University March 29, 2017: Economics Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, … Continue reading →

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New global network – the Global Labor Organization (GLO)

Posted on March 10, 2017 by admin

Today, the world faces a rising controversy about the benefits of globalization and international collaborations….  To deal with this challenge, we have now started a new initiative, the GLO, the Global Labor Organization. The catchword will be glabor, hence the … Continue reading →

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Latin America Migration Dynamics

Posted on January 26, 2017 by admin

In the wake of a dramatic regime switch in US migration policy towards Latin America, Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University and UNU-MERIT) was visiting the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington DC on January 25, 2017. As a member of the … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann spoke at ASSA 2017 on the Refugee Crisis

Posted on January 8, 2017 by admin

January 6, 2017 at the Sheraton Grand Chicago, USA: As part of the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Economic Association (ASSA 2017), the largest gathering of economists world-wide (with over 13,000 participants), which took place in Chicago, IL on … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann spoke in New Delhi on Mental Health Challenges

Posted on December 22, 2016 by admin

On December 19-21, 2016, the Economics and Planning Unit at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi had organized its prestigious 12th Annual Conference on Economic Growth and Development. (See the conference program for further details.) At the conference, Klaus F. Zimmermann … Continue reading →

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