Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that multitasking does not work out for students. GLO Discussion Paper No. 982, 2021 Does Multitasking Affect Students’ Academic Performance? Evidence From a Longitudinal Study – Download PDFby Amez, Simon & Baert, Stijn & … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that periods ahead of an unemployment event, health outcomes decline and unmet needs for medical care increase. GLO Discussion Paper No. 981, 2021 Unemployment and health: a panel event study – Download PDFby Raftopoulou, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper extract verbs and nouns in text data to measure social, technical and basic skills in a novel way. GLO Discussion Paper No. 979, 2021 Learning the Right Skill: The Returns to Social, Technical and Basic … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that exposure to role models increases high ability female students’ preferences for engineering programs. GLO Discussion Paper No. 975, 2021 Women in Engineering: The Role of Role Models – Download PDFby Agurto, M. & … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper evaluates research to find that LGBT inclusion and positive economic outcomes mutually reinforced each other. November 13-19: Transgender Awareness Week … LINK for more information GLO Discussion Paper No. 980, 2021 The Economics of Being … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper documents the size and consequences of worker misallocations into jobs. GLO Discussion Paper No. 976, 2021 “Are you in the right job?” Human Capital Mismatch in the UK – Download PDFby Galanakis, Yannis GLO Fellow … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that education played a protective role, significantly reducing mortality rates, during the first wave of the pandemic (between March and May 2020), but not during the second wave (between October and December 2020). GLO … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that women appear to be more sensitive to the effect of the pandemic, and report much higher levels of anxiety and depression than males. GLO Discussion Paper No. 977, 2021 The Effect of Repeated … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds small but statistically significant detrimental effects on labor market outcomes of Vietnam veterans residing in unauthorized Chinese enclaves in 1990. GLO Discussion Paper No. 974, 2021 Trade Networks, Heroin Markets, and the Labor Market … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds for Turkey that increasing the minimum wage reduces the employment probability of young males first but school enrollment increases over time and absorbs the negative employment effect. GLO Discussion Paper No. 973, 2021 The … Continue reading →