Category Archives: Research

The effect of job search requirements on welfare receipt

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds large negative effects on welfare receipts for an Australian reform that imposed job search requirements as a condition of unemployment benefit receipt with expected large labor supply consequences. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading

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Fully funded PhD opportunity in the UK on “Regional inequalities in health”.

The successful candidate will undertake econometric analysis to explore regional inequalities in health in the UK using detailed biomarker data available in a large national representative social science datasets. Contact: GLO Fellow Apostolos Davillas. MORE INFORMATION Ends;

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Labor Market Effects of Competing with China – at Home and Abroad. Not much of an issue for the Portuguese economy.

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Portugal that workers’ earnings and employment are significantly negatively affected by China’s competition, but only through the indirect ’market-stealing’ channel. In contrast to earlier evidence, the direct effects of Chinese imports are mostly … Continue reading

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Self-Selection in Physical and Mental Health among Older Intra-European Migrants.

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies both the physical and mental dimensions of health among European-born emigrants over 50, who originate from seven European countries and now live elsewhere in Europe. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading

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What can we learn from Italy? Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures.

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics investigates for the Italian case how to identify the pandemic early in “dirty” data and how to measure the success of lockdowns. Read more in: Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 … Continue reading

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COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies. Article published ONLINE FIRST free.

A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that social networks help explain not only the spread of the disease, but also cross-country spillovers in perceptions about Coronavirus risk and in social distancing behavior. Read more in: … Continue reading

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Entrepreneurship Education and Teacher Training in Rwanda

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies how a comprehensive teacher training program affects the delivery of a major entrepreneurship curriculum reform in Rwanda. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international … Continue reading

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Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the consequences of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad taken by emigrants from Tajikistan. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual … Continue reading

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The Economics of Happiness

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides an overview of the Happiness Economics approach and outlines the promises and pitfalls of subjective well-being measures. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international … Continue reading

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Trade Liberalization and the Gender Employment Gap in China

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that increasing import competition has kept more females in the Chinese workforce. 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

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