Category Archives: Research

A new GLO Discussion Paper explores the impact of financial and legal obstacles utilizing the most recent and unique dataset from the World Bank Enterprise Surveys. GLO Discussion Paper No. 990, 2021 Financial And Legal Obstacles And Small And Medium … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that refugee migration created native jobs and reduce their unemployment in Germany. GLO Discussion Paper No. 989, 2021 Refugee migration, labor demand, and local employment – Download PDFby Auer, Daniel & Götz, Lilia GLO … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper provides novel insights into the distributive role of tax-benefit systems. GLO Discussion Paper No. 988, 2021 Redistribution across Europe: How much and to whom? – Download PDFby Hammer, Bernhard & Christl, Michael & De Poli, … Continue reading →

How education and GDP drive the COVID-19 vaccination campaign – Download PDF, GLO Discussion Paper No. 986, 2021by Ngo, Vu M. & Zimmermann, Klaus F. & Nguyen, Phuc V. & Huynh, Toan L.D. & Nguyen, Huan H. Gokhan Karabulut, Klaus … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper constructs a direct measure of occupational exposure to robotic labour-saving technologies. GLO Discussion Paper No. 987, 2021 Labour-saving automation and occupational exposure: a text-similarity measure – Download PDFby Montobbio, Fabio & Staccioli, Jacopo & Virgillito, … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that initially authoritarian countries are slow in the vaccination process, while education is most relevant for scaling up the campaign and financial strength of the economies drive them to higher vaccination rates. GLO Discussion … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that a school reform in Hungary increasing the length of schooling did not decrease the probability of dropping out of secondary school at all levels. GLO Discussion Paper No. 985, 2021 Is raising the … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that restricting family allowance eligibility criteria decreases fertility and increases both male and female labor supply. GLO Discussion Paper No. 984, 2021 Fertility, Family Policy, and Labor Supply: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from France – Download … Continue reading →

A new GLO Discussion Paper studies how institutional quality affects the size of the informal economy to find a positive and a significant association between labor productivity and the size of the shadow economy, among others. GLO Discussion Paper No. … Continue reading →

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 →