Category Archives: Research

Brown & Zimmermann: Both Co-Directors of POP discussed the strategy for 2018 at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht

Posted on April 2, 2018 by admin

Alessio Brown and Klaus F. Zimmermann, both Co-Directors of POP at UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, met on March 28, 2018 at UNU-MERIT to discuss the annual research strategy for the group and to meet with PhD students, researchers and GLO Fellows. … Continue reading →

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Ritzen & Zimmermann discuss European employment challenges at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht: A full employment strategy

Posted on March 31, 2018 by admin

Jo Ritzen is Professor of International Economics of Science, Technology and Higher Education, Maastricht University, UNU‐MERIT, Graduate School of Governance. Klaus F. Zimmermann is Professor, UNU‐MERIT, Maastricht University and Bonn University; President, Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Research Fellow, CEPR. … Continue reading →

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Family and Childhood Experiences Affect Adult Wellbeing: New Free Discussion Paper

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

This is the GLO Discussion Paper of the month March 2018:  Flèche, Sarah & Lekfuangfu, Warn N. & Clark, Andrew E. , The Long-Lasting Effects of Family and Childhood on Adult Wellbeing: Evidence from British Cohort Data, GLO Discussion Paper, … Continue reading →

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Editor’s Time: Exchange Between the Editors of Two Top Journals in Economics in Guangzhou

Posted on March 30, 2018 by admin

Hua Liang, the Economics Editor of the top Chinese research journal “Social Science in China” met Klaus F. Zimmermann, the Editor-in-Chief of the “Journal of Population Economics” for a thorough exchange of ideas, strategies and practices of the academic journal … Continue reading →

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GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann Met GLO Officers in Guangzhou/China

Posted on March 29, 2018 by admin

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), visited Jinan University in Guangzhou/China from March 11 … Continue reading →

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First IESR – GLO Labor Workshop took place in Guangzhou at Jinan University, China

Posted on March 27, 2018 by admin

Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht) met with a larger number of Chinese researchers, GLO Fellows and scientists from outside China for the … Continue reading →

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Zimmermann’s China Research Papers

Posted on March 26, 2018 by admin

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), was visiting Jinan University in Guangzhou, China, from … Continue reading →

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Understanding “Fading Hope” in the United States: Ritzen & Zimmermann suggest a new understanding of major changes of our world today

Posted on March 18, 2018 by admin

A large literature has discussed whether the increase in inequality over the last decade in Western industrial countries such as the United States (US) would lead to increasing tensions between socio-economic groups, social uprising and political change which might in … Continue reading →

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GLO President Zimmermann visits Jinan University in Guangzhou China

Posted on March 12, 2018 by admin

On the invitation of Professor and Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht), visits Jinan University in Guangzhou China from March … Continue reading →

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“Big Data and Unemployment Analysis” published in the Journal of Renmin University of China

Posted on March 9, 2018 by admin

Internet or “big” data are increasingly measuring the relevant activities of individuals, households, firms and public agents in a timely way. The information set involves large numbers of observations and embraces flexible conceptual forms and experimental settings. Therefore, internet data … Continue reading →

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