Category Archives: Research

Indian Labor Economists Celebrate Diamond Jubilee Year of the Formation of ISLE in Mumbai. Invitation to Present a Paper at the Event!

Posted on June 4, 2018 by admin

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) supports the annual conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) and the associated Indian Journal of Labour Economics. Both are partner institutions of the GLO. Klaus F. Zimmermann is President of the GLO. … Continue reading →

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Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev: Family matters for later life satisfaction. Fresh research from the GLO Paper of the month; and other GLO papers free to access.

Posted on June 3, 2018 by admin

In their GLO Discussion Paper of the month, Milena Nikolova & Boris Nikolaev find that the adverse effects associated with parental unemployment experienced at a young age tend to last well into young adulthood and are more nuanced than previously … Continue reading →

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Informal job search is popular, but does not pay in China a new study in the Journal of Population Economics shows!

Posted on June 1, 2018 by admin

Informal search for jobs is typically for migrants around the world. Rural migrants in urban China also use largely informal methods. A new study in the Journal of Population Economics, the leading academic outlet in the field of population economics, … Continue reading →

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In defence: “Talent on the move” at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht

Posted on May 29, 2018 by admin

In a public event at Maastricht University, Simone Sasso (UNU-MERIT), will defend his thesis “Talent on the move. Essays on human capital, graduate mobility and economic development”. Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT and Bonn University Emeritus), who is also the President … Continue reading →

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It pays to care! GLO Fellows Stijn Baert & Sunčica Vujić find Volunteering Premium in causal analysis

Posted on May 26, 2018 by admin

Caring seems to be at odds with the simple model of economic agents as understood by the wider societal audience. However, care taking is a more and more popular field in economic analysis. A recent study in the Journal of … Continue reading →

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Klaus F. Zimmermann receives prestigious EBES Fellow Award for his lifetime academic achievements at a large conference in Berlin

Posted on May 24, 2018 by admin

The 25th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES)  takes place on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin/Germany. It is jointly organized with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and hosted by the FOM University in the Berlin study center. … Continue reading →

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Alexander Spermann zum Professor an der FOM Hochschule Köln ernannt.

Posted on May 18, 2018 by admin

Alexander Spermann, Privatdozent der Universität Freiburg und selbständiger Politikberater, wurde am 16. Mai 2018 in der Kölner Einrichtung der FOM Hochschule zum Professor für Volkswirtschaftslehre ernannt. Bereits seit 2017 unterrichtet er in Köln; diese Lehrtätigkeit wird er jetzt weiter fortsetzen. … Continue reading →

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Update: Full Program Published of the forthcoming 25th EBES conference at FOM University in Berlin on May 23-25, 2018. Christoph Kannengießer (CEO, German African Business Association) speaks on Africa Panel.

Posted on May 5, 2018 by admin

The 25th Conference of the Eurasia Business and Economics Society (EBES) will take place on May 23-25, 2018 in Berlin/Germany. It is jointly organized with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and hosted by the FOM University in their Berlin study … Continue reading →

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“Intergenerational effects of the pension reform in China” and other fresh research in Population Economics! Access to the table of content of issue 3, 2018, of the Journal of Population Economics.

Posted on May 3, 2018 by admin

The intergenerational education spillovers of pension reform in China “Economic theory establishes that pension privatization weakens the link between old and young and so reduces the incentive to invest in public education in an economy with lower return rate of … Continue reading →

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Small & Young Companies are Driving Job Creation

Posted on April 29, 2018 by admin

Due to its huge relevance, the relationship between firm size, firm growth and firm job creation is heavily debated in the industrial organization literature. A core theorem in this context has been Gibrat’s law suggesting that the proportional rate of … Continue reading →

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