Category Archives: Research

The Core of Global Scientific Policy Advice: op-ed by Klaus F. Zimmermann

Evidence-based policy making is under attack, evidence-free policy making is on the move.This challenge has been debated in Budapest on two scientific events: (i) The  Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, on Tuesday … Continue reading

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Now Published: Left Behind, but Doing Good! Article by Nikolova, Roman & Zimmermann

Nikolova, Milena, Monica Roman & Klaus F. Zimmermann. Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45 (2017) 658–684. Now published, article available under: 2017 Nikolova Roman Zimmermann The authors document that migration can … Continue reading

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Amsterdam: WageIndicator Conference Discussed the Future of Work Relations Worldwide

In their  2017 Annual Conference on “Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) and the WageIndicator Foundation demonstrated successfully the large and many contributions the venture has made with the … Continue reading

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Hey, Amsterdam! Revealing the secrets of wages around the world.

On September 1, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) & the WageIndicator Foundation will organize their 2017 Annual Conference on “Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“. AIAS and the WageIndicator Foundation are partner institutions of … Continue reading

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School Quality and Property Prices: GLO Fellow John Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht

On his forthcoming trip through Europe, GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University will visit POP at UNU-MERIT on September 18, 2017. He will exchange his recent research and present a paper in the UNU-MERIT seminar at noon on: … Continue reading

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Bangkok 2018: Submission Deadline for EBES Conference is 31 October 2017

The GLO – affiliated Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) invites researchers to present their work at the 24th EBES Conference in Bangkok/Thailand on January 10-12, 2018. The event is jointly organized with the Faculty of Business Administration of Kasetsart … Continue reading

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Prestigious Australian Eminent Research Scholar Award to Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University), has been granted the prestigious Australian Eminent Research Scholar Award. He will be resident in November and December 2017 at The Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research … Continue reading

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GLO Labor Workshop in Malaysia: Session now online

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is present with a session at a conference at the University of Malaya in Kuala Lumpur presenting work of GLO Fellows M Niaz Asadullah and John Piggott. Asadullah is also the GLO South-East Asia Cluster … Continue reading

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Career Training with INBAM supported by GLO

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) headed by its President Klaus F. Zimmermann and the International Network of Business & Management Journal Editors (INBAM) share the mission to support young researchers as early and later career academics around the globe in … Continue reading

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Just OUT: Journal of Population Economics; Vol 30, No.4

Journal of Population Economics: Volume 30 Number 4 is now available online! In this issue Original Paper The effect of child maltreatment on illegal and problematic behaviour: new evidence on the ‘cycle of violence’ using twins data Violeta Misheva, Dinand Webbink & … Continue reading

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