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Category Archives: Research
World War II, the Baby Boom and Employment: County Level Evidence
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that while most counties in the U.S. experienced a Baby Boom following the war, the increase in fertility was lower in high-casualty rate counties than in low-casualty rate counties which were positively related to … Continue reading
Quantity and quality of childcare and children’s educational outcomes.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible estimates the effects of an increase in free pre-school education in England on child development which were found to be small. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Under- and over-investment in education: the role of locked-in fertility
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST freely accessible argues that, in the presence of idiosyncratic ability shocks after childbirth, irreversible fertility decisions distort the resource allocation between the quantity and quality of children. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading
COVID-19, Working from Home and the Potential Reverse Brain Drain
A new GLO Discussion Paper discusses reverse brain drain of white-collar migrant workers returning to live in their countries of origin while continuing to work for employers in their countries of destination as a consequence of working-from home experiences during … Continue reading
Media Impact of Issue 2/2021 of the Journal of Population Economics.
Left, Michaella Vanore (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO), Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics (JoPE), and right, Alessio J. Brown (Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and GLO), former JoPE Managing Editor, both welcomed the participants to … Continue reading
On Immigration and Native Entrepreneurship
A new GLO Discussion Paper presents a novel theory that immigrants facilitate innovation and entrepreneurship by being willing and able to invest in new skills. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading
Analyzing tax-benefit reforms in the Netherlands using structural models and natural experiments New paper published ONLINE FIRST in the Journal of Population Economics by Henk-Wim de Boer and Egbert L. W. Jongen.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free READLINK provides robust evidence for the Netherlands that policies targeted at working mothers with young children generate the largest labor supply responses but generate little additional government revenue. Introducing a flat tax, … Continue reading
Housing market regulations and strategic divorce propensity in China. New paper published ONLINE FIRST in the Journal of Population Economics by James Alm, Weizheng Lai and Xun Li.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free READLINK provides robust evidence that housing market regulations in China significantly increase the propensity for strategic divorce of married couples. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading
Heaven can wait: future tense and religiosity. New paper published ONLINE FIRST in the Journal of Population Economics by Astghik Mavisakalyan, Yashar Tarverdi and Clas Weber.
A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free READLINK argues that the rewards and punishments that incentivize religious behavior are more effective for speakers of languages without inflectional future tense. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading
Socioeconomic Conditions in Childhood and Mental Health Later in Life
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the literature attempting to identify causal effects before discussing the potential mechanisms at play. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading