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Category Archives: Research
August 22, 2019. How foreign aid affects asylum inflows: It depends on the state of development in the origin countries!
A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that foreign aid may reduce asylum inflows from poor countries in the short run, but inflows from less poor economies show a positive but weak relation with aid. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading
August 21, 2019. Baby bonus as a successful pro-natalist policy? Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
The study using Canadian experiences finds that properly structured pro-natal policies can successfully increase fertility among different segments of the population. Read more in: Natalie Malak, Md Mahbubur Rahman & Terry A. Yip:Baby bonus, anyone? Examining heterogeneous responses to a pro-natalist policy Journal … Continue reading
August 21, 2019. Interest Rate Uncertainty Affects Investments
A new GLO Discussion Paper derives the exact shape of the “hysteretic” impact of changes in the interest rate on macroeconomic investment under scenarios of both certainty and uncertainty. Conclusions deal with the efficacy of central bank’s interest rate policy. … Continue reading
August 20, 2019. Skill Gaps and Mismatches at the Workplace Damage Firm Productivity
A new GLO Discussion Paper disentangle the complex relationships between skill needs and the productivity of Italian companies. Those firms satisfying their skill needs through successful hiring show higher productivity. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and … Continue reading
August 19, 2019. Globalization reduces public employment. GLO Discussion Paper now published in “Economics Letters”
Does globalization increases or decreases the size of government (“compensation” versus “efficiency” hypothesis)? The debate is re-visited with innovative bureaucracy and globalization indicators using panel data for the unexplored period 2000-2016. Robust evidence suggests that global competition reduces public employment. … Continue reading
August 19, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper compares political and cultural visions on migration.
A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that structural shortages of labor in developed countries and effectively unlimited supply of labor in the least developed countries generate unavoidable and indispensable international migrations of increasing size. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is … Continue reading
August 18, 2019. Monetary policy is weakened by interest rate uncertainty.
A new GLO Discussion Paper investigates whether uncertainty over future interest rates in the Euro area hampers the monetary policy transmission. It finds hysteretic effects of interest rate changes on investment in most European countries. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) … Continue reading
August 17, 2019. How culture stimulates joint housework of couples. New research from the GLO network.
A new GLO Discussion Paper helps to understand how culture works in the family life of couples. A stronger culture of gender equality is associated with more joint home production of the partners. The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an … Continue reading
August 16, 2019. Recession in sight? How labor market policies may affect wellbeing in an economic crisis. Experiences to learn from the Great Recession.
A new GLO Discussion Paper suggests that labor market policies affected wellbeing during the Great Recession in Europe. While generous unemployment support mitigated the negative effects for most of the population, stricter employment protection legislation exacerbated the negative effects. The … Continue reading
EBES-30 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 8-10 January, 2020. Call for Contributions with Deadline October 31, 2019.
August 12, 2019: Call for contributions for the 30th EBES Conference – Kuala Lumpur; January 8-10, 2020 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Administration, University of Malaya. GLO supported conference. EBES is the Eurasia Business … Continue reading