Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper assesses whether the voter turnout in the 2020 local government elections in Italy was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. It indeed finds that higher elderly mortality rates induced a decline in voter turnout. The Global … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper using data for the Cook County in the USA establishes that Black individuals are affected earlier and more harshly by the disease and that the effect is driven by Black women. The Black female bias … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper tries to understand the Chinese gig economy by studying how employee motivation and retention are managed by the mobile app-based, multiple payment platform enabled, car-pooling Chinese giant DiDi. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper identifies the two-tier structure of the informal labor market in Poland. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper estimates the degree of retirement age differentiation needed to compensate individuals for their career-related health handicap/advantage and get closer to “real” actuarial fairness. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides directions for strategies targeting at improving the performance of firms in MENA countries. 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 →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Germany that the likelihood of consuming each of four types of alcohol (beer, wine, spirits, and mixed drinks) is higher for those receiving performance pay, and their total number of types of alcohol … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Belgium a negative effect of households’ indebtedness on their consumption. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate … Continue reading →

Key findings of the two articles are: Blanchflower provides global evidence that the U-shaped happiness-age curve is everywhere. Blanchflower and Clark find that children may cause unhappiness because of challenging family finances. Watch the GLO Virtual Seminar presentation of Danny … Continue reading →

Europe decided to abolish daylight saving time in 2021, since the save energy impact is debatable; but so far concrete actions remained elusive. Some evidence should not be overlooked. Based on natural experiments: Stratified demographic analyses for Indiana/USA indicate that … Continue reading →