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Category Archives: Research
Immigration and the UK economy after Brexit
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews migration out of the UK after Brexit and Covid-19, and discusses possible future flows and impacts. GLO Discussion Paper No. 854, 2021 Immigration and the UK economy after Brexit – Download PDFby Portes, Jonathan … Continue reading
School closures and mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible finds for Japan that during Covid-19 school closures increased the inequality of mental health between genders and parents with different educational backgrounds. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading
Fluctuations in the wage gap between vocational and general secondary education: lessons from Portugal
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible finds for Portugal’s wage gap between vocational and general secondary education no support for either the human capital prediction of crossing wage profiles or the hypothesis that general graduates increasingly outperform vocational … Continue reading
COVID-19: a crisis of the female self-employed
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible finds for Germany that among the self-employed, who generally face a higher likelihood of income losses due to COVID-19 than employees, women are about one-third more likely to experience income losses than … Continue reading
Loss aversion in taste-based employee discrimination: Evidence from a choice experiment.
A new GLO Discussion Paper indicates that introducing a hypothetical wage penalty for discriminatory choice behavior lowers discrimination and that higher penalties have a greater effect. GLO Discussion Paper No. 856, 2021 Loss aversion in taste-based employee discrimination: Evidence from … Continue reading
Wage Theft, Economic Conditions, and Market Power: The Case of H-1B Workers
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews employers’ violations of the wage contracts of workers on H-1B temporary work visas to the US; higher labor market power is associated with fewer violations, higher unemployment rates and subcontractor firms are associated with … Continue reading
Willingness to pay for private and public improvements of vulnerable road users’ safety.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that there is no significant difference between valuations of a private good and various versions of a public good as long as the good itself is the same. GLO Discussion Paper No. 853, 2021 … Continue reading
Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? New Evidence on the Impact of Tenure on Productivity
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that tenure exhibits an inverted-U-shaped relationship with respect to productivity, but its impact differs widely across workforce and firm dimensions. GLO Discussion Paper No. 852, 2021 Can You Teach an Old Dog New Tricks? … Continue reading
A Simple Nudge Increases Socioeconomic Diversity in Undergraduate Economics
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a light-touch intervention can increase socioeconomic and racial diversity in undergraduate economics. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform … Continue reading
Macroeconomic Contractions during Impressionable Years and Entrepreneurship in Later Adulthood
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that bad economic conditions when young can significantly predict higher entrepreneurship in later life. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading