Category Archives: Research

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 →

A new GLO Discussion Paper meets the challenge in making distributional comparisons with ordinal data. GLO Discussion Paper No. 962, 2021 Measuring welfare, inequality and poverty with ordinal variables – Download PDFby Silber, Jacques & Yalonetzky, Gaston GLO Fellows Jacques … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper documents that there are substantial inequalities within households in some contexts and that these often, but not always, disfavor women and children. GLO Discussion Paper No. 961, 2021 Understanding inequality within households – Download PDFby … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews methodologies and literature to capture and analyze top incomes. GLO Discussion Paper No. 959, 2021 Inequality and top incomes – Download PDFby Bartels, Charlotte & Waldenström, Daniel GLO Fellow Charlotte Bartels Author Abstract: This … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for South Korea that working from home affected females negatively, but not when workers live with children in the household. GLO Discussion Paper No. 960, 2021 Mental Health Consequences of Working from Home during … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that the number of new deaths per million significantly decreases after half of the population is vaccinated, but the number of new cases witnesses an insignificant change. GLO Discussion Paper No. 958, 2021 Race … Continue reading →