Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than the national hourly minimum wages, and experiencing insults and/or threats in their present job experience worse physical health and increased levels … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds substantial ethnic segregation across workplaces in the UK, but most of the ethnic wage gap exists between observationally equivalent co-workers. GLO Discussion Paper No. 920, 2021 The Role of the Workplace in Ethnic Wage … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper reports that there is a systematic age gradient in the reporting error in BMI suggesting potential bias in the use of such data and the need to collect objective measures. GLO Discussion Paper No. 919, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that local politicians in India systematically misallocate resources based on party loyalty and successfully deliver votes to their national co-partisans. GLO Discussion Paper No. 916, 2021 916 The Workforce of Clientelism: The Case of … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that firms that are further up in the value chain pay significantly higher wages. GLO Discussion Paper No. 918, 2021 Wage Differences According to Workers’ Origin: The Role of Working More Upstream in GVCs … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that studies cited by psychologists claiming there are no U-shapes are in error. The effects of the mid-life dip are comparable to major life events such as losing a spouse or becoming unemployed. GLO … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that self-reported physical and mental health decreased in 2013 and in 2019 compared to 2009 indicating the need for more inclusive health strategies. GLO Discussion Paper No. 924, 2021 Sex workers’ self-reported physical and … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that discretionary fiscal policy measures in Austria are key to counteracting the inequality- and poverty-enhancing effect of COVID-19. GLO Discussion Paper No. 917, 2021 COVID-19 and (gender) inequality in income: the impact of discretionary … Continue reading →

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free readlink in the Journal of Population Economics finds that left-behind parents experience lower utility when their adult children migrate. Migration and experienced utility of left-behind parents: evidence from rural China by Shu … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that sexual orientation discrimination still matters in Greece and even has increased. GLO Discussion Paper No. 915, 2021 Sexual orientation discrimination in the labor market against gay men – Download PDFby Drydakis, Nick GLO … Continue reading →