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Category Archives: Research
September 6, 2019. ‘Decomposing the gender pay gap in the USA’: Now published online in the Journal of Population Economics.
Gender pay gaps are still of much concern, in particular in the United States. A new GLO Discussion Paper adds to our understanding how the gender gap is shaped by multiple different forces such as parenthood, gender segregation, part-time work … Continue reading
September 5, 2019. The Impact of Exposure to Missionaries on the English Language Proficiency and Earnings of Immigrants in the USA. New Research from the GLO Network.
A new GLO Discussion Paper indicate that male and female immigrants from countries with a higher concentration of Protestant missionaries tend to exhibit higher levels of English language proficiency and earnings, and those from countries with a greater concentration of … Continue reading
September 4, 2019. Immigrant’s demand for informal & formal education. New Research from the GLO Network.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds evidence that immigrants are more likely to engage in informal education and, conditionally on participation, they allocate more time to these activities. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization … Continue reading
September 3, 2019. A Simple Solution to the Problem of Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives in Choo and Siow Marriage Market Model. New Research from the GLO Network.
A new GLO Discussion Paper proposes a simple solution to the independence of irrelevant alternatives (IIA) problem in the Choo and Siow (2006) model. The original marriage matching function gets modified by an adjustment factor that improves its empirical properties. … Continue reading
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September 2, 2019. Divorce among European and Mexican Immigrants in the US. New Research from the GLO Network.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that those who married prior to migration, who first married at an older age, who are better positioned in the labor market and are less closely connected to their ethnic origins are less likely … Continue reading
September 1, 2019. ‘Family size and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: testing the quantity-quality trade-off’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The article finds in a careful twin study with data from sub-Saharan Africa that family size has no negative effects on schooling of the children. Read more in: Sahawal Alidou & Marijke VerpoortenFamily size and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: testing … Continue reading
August 31, 2019. ‘Equal sharing, exchange motives, and Cinderella effects’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The article is testing bequest motives by using a population-wide administrative dataset from Sweden to find that children who likely provided services and daughters with children receive more. However, while adopted stepchildren receive less (Cinderella effect), there is no support … Continue reading
August 30, 2019. Asset Diversity Increased in the United States after the Great Recession.
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that asset diversity increased in the United States between 2007 and 2009, in particular with age, education and income. It is lower at the bottom of the wealth distribution. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading
August 30, 2019. ‘Longevity-induced vertical innovation and the tradeoff between life and growth’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The article concludes that the debate on rising health care expenditures should not be predominantly based on the growth effects of health care. Read more in: Annarita Baldanzi, Klaus Prettner & Paul TscheuschnerLongevity-induced vertical innovation and the tradeoff between life … Continue reading
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August 29, 2019. How does body weight affect mental health?
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that IV estimates indicate that there is no statistically significant relationship between BMI and mental health for young adults, whereas there is a positive and statistically significant relationship for the elderly. The Global Labor … Continue reading