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Category Archives: Research
Job Status, International Migration and Educational Choice
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that people who consider migrating abroad will have either lower years of schooling, or generally have not completed professional schools. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions … Continue reading
Finance, gender, and entrepreneurship: India’s informal sector firms
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds strong empirical evidence supporting the crucial role of financial access in promoting entrepreneurship among informal sector firms in India. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading
Beyond the added-worker and the discouraged-worker effects: the entitled-worker effect
A new GLO Discussion Paper identifies and analyses a new effect related to the cyclical behavior of labor supply: the Entitled-Worker Effect (EWE) and provides evidence for the effect in Spain. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading
What drives social returns to education? A meta-analysis.
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents that education can generate important externalities that contribute towards economic growth and convergence. 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
Unions, Worker Participation and Worker Well-Being
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews the long-term evidence about the relationship between unions and job satisfaction. 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
The Effect of the 2016 United States Presidential Election on Employment Discrimination
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that employment discrimination increased after the 2016 presidential election in the United States. 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
Adverse selection, learning, and competitive search
A new GLO Discussion Paper develops a dynamic version of the competitive search model with adverse selection. Numerical results show that firm learning does not increase labor market efficiency. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Contact vs. Information: What shapes attitudes towards immigration? Evidence from an experiment in schools.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds on experimental basis with students from middle- and high-school classes in the city of Rome that obtaining information about migrants shape open attitudes more effectively than meeting one, but neither treatment affects feelings associated … Continue reading
What Happens in Criminal Firms after Godfather Management Removal? Judicial Administration and Firms Performance.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that removing the criminal ties makes it challenging for the firm to maintain profitability and efficiency. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network … Continue reading
The COVID-19 Pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election
A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that Donald Trump would likely have won re-election if COVID-19 cases in the United States had been 5 percent lower. While some people may argue that “A German – Turkish vaccine conspiracy has cost … Continue reading