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Category Archives: Research
Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity and Labor Market Outcomes: New Patterns and Insights
A new GLO Discussion Paper reviews new insights on the economics of sexual orientation, gender identity and their consequences at work. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and … Continue reading
Military Service and Academic Performance
A new GLO Discussion Paper studies conscription in the Republic of Cyprus and finds that an increase in the length of the army service has a positive effect on academic performance. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan … Continue reading
Peer effects of low-ability students in the classroom: evidence from China’s middle schools
A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics shows that the share of students in a class who are low achievers has a significant negative impact on the academic achievement of regular students. Read more in: Peer effects … Continue reading
Ethnic Attrition, Assimilation, and the Measured Health Outcomes of Mexican Americans
A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics finds for the USA that ethnic attrition biases conventional estimates of health disparities between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites as well as those between Mexican Americans and recent Mexican immigrants. … Continue reading
Feeling Richer and Happier? Self-Perceived Economic Welfare and Life Satisfaction: Evidence of ‘Easterlin Paradox’ from Russian Longitudinal Data
A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that a society with high income inequality, in which a small proportion of the population earns a large proportion of society’s income, will have lower collective life satisfaction. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading
Ethnicity differentials in academic achievements: the role of time investments.
A new paper just published in the Journal of Population Economics attributes the academic advantage of children of Asian immigrants mainly to their allocating more time to educational activities or their favorable initial cognitive abilities, not to socio-demographics or so-called … Continue reading
Jobs Cronyism in Public-Sector Firms
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Portugal that public-sector appointments increase significantly over the months just after elections but only if the new government is of a different political color than its predecessor suggesting a misallocation of public resources. … Continue reading
NOW ONLINE free access: COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies
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
Weathering the storm: weather shocks and international labor migration from the Philippines
A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics finds that Filipinos are more likely to work abroad when they experience less-intense tropical cyclones and storm warnings but are more likely to stay when very intense storms occur or … Continue reading
Prenatal exposure to temperature extremes and birth outcomes
A new paper published in the Journal of Population Economics finds substantial heterogeneity in the effects of extreme temperature exposure on birth outcomes. In particular, prenatal exposure to heat waves has stronger negative effects than exposure to cold spells on … Continue reading