Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds a large number of over-educated workers with secondary and university level qualifications. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper investigates whether the socio-economic disadvantages that platform workers are likely to face are primarily channeled through lower incomes or more precarious working conditions. They are primarily students and face greater economic insecurity relative to all … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper demonstrates how immigrant men following the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act in the United States have low initial earnings and high earnings growth after all. A re-visit of an influential debate in migration economics. The … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the recent adoption of a two-child policy in China has substantially increased the number of second-child births. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading →

GLO Policy Note No. 4 Theme 2: Inequalities and labor marketsTheme 3: Future of Work Working from home and income inequality in the time of COVID-19 A case study of Italy by Luca Bonacini, Giovanni Gallo, Sergio Scicchitano Luca Bonacini … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies a model economy where a firm and its workforce are linked by an implicit contract and examine the dynamic behavioral properties. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that … Continue reading →

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free READ ACCESS show that male scarcity (a decrease in the male-to-female sex ratio) induces an increase in the number and a decrease in the quality of children in a reasonable model framework … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews and evaluates the concept of the quality of work and employment including both ‘decent work’ and the narrower concept of ‘job quality’. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading →

A new paper published ONLINE FIRST with free READ ACCESS reveals that girls are mostly unaffected by peers from disrupted families, while boys exhibit more school problems in adolescence and higher arrest probabilities, less stable jobs, and higher probabilities of … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper assesses firm data from World Bank enterprise surveys to obtain lessons from the early stages of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an … Continue reading →