Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that hiring discrimination against candidates with disabilities, older candidates, and less physically attractive candidates is at least equally severe as the unequal treatment of candidates with salient racial or ethnic characteristics. GLO Discussion Paper … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a small number of occupations are responsible for a large share of registrations. GLO Discussion Paper No. 971, 2021 Which Occupations Do Jobseekers and Firms Look For? Evidence from Three Public Employment Services … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the consequences of telework for households. GLO Discussion Paper No. 970, 2021 Telework and Time Use – Download PDFby Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff & Vernon, Victoria GLO Fellows Sabrina Pabilonia & Victoria Vernon Author Abstract: … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper assess the effects of changes in the labor markets and regulatory institutions pertaining to employment relations. GLO Discussion Paper No. 969, 2021 Labor-management Relations in Emerging Economies and Developing Countries – Download PDFby Horwitz, Frank M. … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides a complete picture of nonmandatory participatory work practices. GLO Discussion Paper No. 968, 2021 Complementarity in Employee Participation Systems – Download PDFby Burdin, Gabriel & Kato, Takao GLO Fellow Gabriel Burdin Author Abstract: This … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper decomposes the redistributive effects into average rate, progressivity, and reranking components. GLO Discussion Paper No. 967, 2021 Redistributive effect and the progressivity of taxes and benefits: evidence for the UK, 1977-2018 – Download PDFby Hérault, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows for Belgium that over-educated workers, regardless of their origin, suffer a wage penalty compared to their well-matched former classmates. GLO Discussion Paper No. 966, 2021 Wage Effects of Educational Mismatch According to Workers’ Origin: … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies how weather shocks affect income losses and further birth outcomes causing environmental injustice. GLO Discussion Paper No. 965, 2021 Weather Shock, Agricultural Productivity and Infant Health: A Tale of Environmental Injustice – Download PDFby … Continue reading →

Was it important? A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that while marijuana-related hospital discharge rose, there is lack of evidence that traffic crash incidents were affected. GLO Discussion Paper No. 964, 2021 Does Expanding Access to Cannabis Affect Traffic Crashes? … Continue reading →

Is critical mass important? A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that it did not work out in China. GLO Discussion Paper No. 963, 2021 Does the geographic clustering of universities promote their scientific research performance? Evidence from China – Download … Continue reading →