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Category Archives: Research
How Linguistic Traits Foster Human Capital Formation
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that existing cross-language variations among migrants from the same countries of origin affected human capital accumulation of second generation migrants in the US. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental … Continue reading
Statistical Discrimination & Asymmetric Employer Learning in the US
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for the US that firms statistically discriminate workers based on race when employer learning is asymmetric. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network … Continue reading
Household Size, Composition, and Poverty Dynamics in Russia
A new GLO Discussion Paper for Russia suggests that the measured equivalence scale elasticity is sensitive to household demographic composition. Adjustments result in lower estimates of poverty lines. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading
Turning Vietnam’s COVID-19 Success into Economic Recovery: A Job-Focused Analysis of Individual Assessments on Their Finance and the Economy
A new GLO Discussion Paper for the Vietnam finds that having a job is strongly and positively associated with better finance and more income and savings, as well as more optimism about the resilience of the economy in the COVID-19 … Continue reading
COVID-19 impact on inequality of opportunity in psychological distress.
A new GLO Discussion Paper for the UK finds that psychological distress and inequality of opportunity for it has substantially increased during the COVID-19 crisis. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as … Continue reading
Safety at Work and Immigration
A new GLO Discussion Paper documents that immigrant inflow has reduced workplace accidents of Spanish workers. 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
Bitter Sugar: Slavery and the Black Family
A new GLO Discussion Paper studies the effect of historical slavery on the African American family structure. It reveals that female single headship among blacks is more likely to emerge in association not with slavery per se, but with slavery … Continue reading
Employment-unemployment transitions in Italian task-based data
A new GLO Discussion Paper using Italian data finds that workers employed in occupations entailing a large proportion of routine cognitive tasks (such as workers employed in service occupations as cashiers or call-center operators) are exposed to a relatively higher … Continue reading
Occupational Sorting and Wage Gaps of Refugees
A new GLO Discussion Paper using unique Swedish employer-employee data shows that the observed wage gap between established refugees and comparable natives is mainly caused by occupational sorting into cognitive and manual tasks. Within occupations, it can be largely explained … Continue reading
Children cause unhappiness because of challenging family finances.
A new GLO Discussion Paper confirms that children cause unhappiness because of challenging family finances. 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 research, … Continue reading