In October 2017, they have both spent a month together as prestigious Resident Scholars in the legendary Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in Bellagio/Italy. Their major task: To think, debate, interact and write in a larger group of scientists from various disciplines, writers, poets, filmmakers and policy activists. They all have kept contacts about their work. Now one of them, AmbassadorAlfredo Toro Hardy, Venezuelan Scholar and Diplomat, has written a book on Latin America’s future in the context of the fate of globalization. Another one, the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann, has written the preface to this book, which got published in December 2018. Both are now activists of the GLO, Alfredo Toro Hardy as a GLO Fellow among 1300 Fellows and Affiliates from over 120 countries of this world-wide research and policy network dealing with the human resources challenges of our time. Hardy gave Zimmermann also an interview, where he outlined some of his major insights from the book.
The BOOK: The Crossroads of Globalization. A Latin American View. December 2018, 232 pages: World Scientific. More Info.
The AUTHOR: Alfredo Toro Hardy. GLO Fellow, Venezuelan Scholar and Diplomat. More Info.
The INTERVIEW: Hardy responds to the questions of Zimmermann. Text.
Alfredo Toro Hardy and Klaus F. Zimmermann enjoying a lovely evening in theRockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in 2017The bookThe ‘Bellagio Gang’ from the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center in October 2017 (in the last row from the left, Hardy is forth and Zimmermann second)
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For more details on the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center visit see: Report.
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Zimmermann during his 2017 public speech in Sydney
Now a team of GLO Fellows affiliated with the Centre for Workforce Futures consisting of Chief Investigators Fei Guo, Lucy Taksa, Zhiming Cheng, Massimiliano Tani and Partner Investigators Lihua Liu (University of Southern California) and Klaus F. Zimmermann has won a very prestigious ARC Discovery Research Grant of the Australian Research Council (ARC) on “Demographic and Social Dimensions of Migrant Ageing and Wellbeing in Australia”.
Klaus F. Zimmermann intends to visit Macquarie University in the second half of November 2019 for research collaborations including supporting activities with GLO Fellow Kompal Sinha. Sinha was just appointed Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics.
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The post links to the freely available GLO Discussion Papers of December 2018 and promotes two of the fascinating research contributions for a wider policy debate. Both papers deal with the relationship between migration and globalization.
Anti-migration sentiments and threatened internationalization appear often correlated. However, if migration and trade are substitutes, anti-migration sentiments could be based on the attempt to stop immigration to preserve trade and globalization. On the other hand, if migration and trade are complements, reducing migration might weaken trade and hence globalization. The solid evaluation of the literature provided in an Outstanding GLO Discussion Paper concludes thatmigration can facilitate internationalization, but also outlines open research issues.
The GLO Discussion Paper of the Month examines the potentials multiple language skills have for employment and wages in a globalized world. In the context of an open and multilingual economy the research finds that language training improves employability of individuals, but the skills are not sufficiently rewarded by higher wages.
Abstract:Does anti-migration sentiment threaten internationalization? One major pro-Brexit argument was that it would enable more control over immigration. The most recent US presidential election also focused on immigration. Anti-migration sentiment could be a threat to internationalization, given that migrants can help lower the costs of internationalization. Since trade contributes to economic growth, this could, in turn, impede economic development. Despite extensive literature on the migration-trade nexus, there are few examples of policymakers highlighting the role of migration for internationalization. One possible explanation is the absence of an accessible survey of the available theory and evidence on this relationship, and this article intends to bridge the gap. We review and discuss over 100 papers published on the subject, from pioneering country-level studies to nascent firm-level studies that utilize employer-employee data. To our knowledge, this is the first paper offering a wide-ranging review of the different strands of theory on the relationship between migration and internationalization, as well as new empirical findings. Although the evidence suggests that migration can facilitate internationalization we also note substantial gaps and inconsistencies in the extant literature. The aim of this article is to encourage future research and assist policymakers in their efforts to promote internationalization.
Abstract:In a world increasingly globalized, multiple language skills can create more employment opportunities. Several countries include language training programs in active labor market programs for the unemployed. We analyze the effects of a language training program on the re-employment probability and hourly wages of the unemployed simultaneously, using high quality administrative data from Luxembourg. We address selection into training by exploiting the rich administrative information available, and account for the complication that wages are “truncated” by unemployment by adopting a principal stratification framework. Estimation is undertaken with a mixture model likelihood-based approach. To improve inference, we use the individual’s hours worked as a secondary outcome and a stochastic dominance assumption. These two features considerably ameliorate the multimodality problem commonly encountered in mixture models. We also conduct sensitivity analysis to assess the unconfoundedness assumption employed. Our results strongly suggest a positive effect (of up to 12.7 percent) of thelanguage training programs on the re-employment probability, but no effects on wages for those who are observed employed regardless of training participation. It appears that, in the context of an open and multilingual economy, language training improve employability but the language skills acquired are not sufficiently rewarded to be reflected in higher wages.
All GLO Discussion Papers of December 2018
Titles and free access/links to GLO Discussion Papers
GLO DP Team Senior Editors: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent) & GLO; Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University and Bonn University). Managing Editor: Magdalena Ulceluse, University of Groningen. DP@glabor.org
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“Die Bevölkerung auf dem afrikanischen Kontinent wächst deutlich schneller als die Zahl der Arbeitsplätze. Jahr für Jahr strömen 20 Millionen Menschen auf den afrikanischen Arbeitsmarkt. Was ist das beste Rezept, um schnell und nachhaltig Jobs zu schaffen?” (Afrika Wirtschaft, 4/2018, S. 27) Das Magazin fragte dazu einige Wissenschaftler, darunter denBonner Arbeitsmarktforscher Klaus F. Zimmermann.
Zimmermann ist emeritierter Wirtschaftsprofessor der Universität Bonn, war knapp 20 Jahre Gründungsdirektor des Bonner Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA) und leitete gleichzeitig über 11 Jahre als Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW) einen radikalen Reformprozeß des führenden Wirtschaftsinstituts in Berlin. Er war ferner langjähriger Vorsitzender der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der deutschen Wirtschaftsforschungsinstitute (ARGE).
Heute führt Zimmermann als Präsident der Global Labor Organization (GLO) ein weltweites Forschungsnetz von Fachwissenschaftlern und einschlägigen wissenschaflichen Institutionen in über 120 Ländern. Gleichzeitig ist er der Forschungseinrichtung UNU-MERIT in Maastricht, einem gemeinsamen Forschungszentrum der United Nations University und der Maastricht University als Forschungsdirektor und Honorarprofessor verbunden. Wissenschaftler der GLO entwickeln Forschungsimpulse für den afrikanischen Arbeitsmarkt.
Anfang Dezember 2018 war Zimmermann einer der Referenten der African Economic Conference 2018, die in Kigali/Ruanda gemeinsam von der African Development Bank (AfDB), der United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) und dem United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) organisiert wurde. (Zu den Details der Veranstaltung, die sich mit der wirtschaftlichen Integration Afrikas zu einem Wirtschaftsraum beschäftigte, s. die Reports und die Hinweise dort: REPORT 3, REPORT 2 & REPORT 1.)
Zimmermann in Kigali/Ruanda
afrika wirtschaft: Was ist das beste Rezept, um Jobs zu schaffen?
Klaus F. Zimmermann: Es wird nötig sein, sich an den relativen Stärken des Kontinents und seinem großen Bedarf zu orientieren: Eine dominante Landwirtschaft, ein ungeheurer Reichtum an natürlichen Resourcen und viele junge Arbeitskräfte. Die sich aufbauende Infrastruktur mit den dort benötigten Jobs wird das Rückgrat der Entwicklung bilden müssen. In der für Entwicklungsländer üblichen Selbständigkeit, womit nicht großes “Unternehmertum” gemeint ist, wird ferner ein strategischer Schwerpunkt liegen.
afrika wirtschaft:Welche Branchen sind besonders vielversprechend?
Klaus F. Zimmermann: Die kulturelle Kreativität des Kontinents könnte auf den Unterhaltungssektor und den Tourismus als langfristige exotische Optionen für wichtige Leistungsträger hindeuten, es sind aber eher unsichere Prognosen. Die meisten Jobs werden weiter in der Agrarwirtschaft besetzt werden, schon wegen des großen Ernährungsproblems und der Exportchancen. Im Umfeld der Entwicklung der Infrastruktur liegen ferner Chancen im Bankensektor, der Informations- und Kommunikationswirtschaft und bei Transport und Logistik. Schließlich sehe ich Möglichkeiten im Umfeld von Bergbau und Energiegewinnung, bsw. bei der Solar- und Windenergie in Nordafrika.
afrika wirtschaft:20 Millionen Jobs pro Jahr – wie kann das bewältigt werden und was kann die deutsche Wirtschaft dazu beitragen?
Klaus F. Zimmermann: Mediendemokratien wie Deutschland fehlt dazu die nötige strategische Fantasie. Die chinesischen Inititativen um die neue Seidenstraße bzw. Chinas Bemühungen in Afrika um Resourcen und Infrastruktur könnten Denkanstöße liefern. Eine Ausbildungsinitiative des deutschen Handwerks und der deutschen Wirtschaft generell sowohl in den Sendeländern wie auch durch temporäre Arbeits- und Ausbildungsmigration in Deutschland (bsw. im Geiste der Africa German Youth Initiative), könnte die deutschen Vorteile mobilisieren und Afrika und Europa näher zusammenführen.
afrika wirtschaft:Bisher sind Deutschland und die EU in ihrer Beziehung zu Afrika klassische Geberländer. Mit zahlreichen Initiativen will die Bundesregierung den Nachbarkontinent zum gleichgestellten Partner machen. Ist das realistisch? (DIESE LETZTE FRAGE UND ANTWORT ENTFIEL AUS PLATZGRÜNDEN IN DER DRUCKFASSUNG.)
Klaus F. Zimmermann: Solange es letztlich dann doch nur um Sicherheitspartnerschaften und die Absicherung der Grenzen zur Festung Europa geht, kann dies nicht klappen. Der Aufbau eines gemeinsamen Wirtschaftsraumes Mittelmeer einschließlich einer Region neue Energien in Nordafrika wie einer EU-Partnerschaft mit einer Wirtschaftsunion Afrika wären Ansatzpunkte. Dafür fehlen Deutschland aber in der EU die visionären Partner, sodaß es wohl bei der Absicht bleiben wird.
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After his trip through Africa and Asia, Klaus F. Zimmermann has left Bonn on December 23 to enjoy Christmas and the beginning of the New Year at Miami Beach.
Night View of Miami from the Waterfront
After the holidays, Klaus F. Zimmermann will participate at the ASSA 2019 Atlanta conference of the American economists. In his role as the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), he will discuss research and policy issues with colleagues and GLO members. Those who wish to meet with him during the conference, should send him an email to arrange a meeting or to join the Reception of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University, on Friday January 4, 2019, from 6pm to 8pm, at Hilton Atlanta 217.
Friends of GLO and the Journal of Population Economics participating at ASSA 2019 are invited to the prominent Kuznets Prize ceremony, which takes place in the IESR Reception. The Kuznets Prize in a particular year is given to the author(s) of the best paper published in the previous year as judged by the editors. The ceremony will start at about 6.30 pm and will take about 15 minutes. Klaus F. Zimmermann who is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics, will announce some journal news including the 2019 prize winner(s). Then the award plate will be given to the (still confidential) author(s).
The Kuznets Prize ceremony takes place on the invitation of Dean Shuaizhang Feng, Head of the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), who is also a GLO Fellow. A larger number of prominent economists will participate at the reception, including many Editorial Board Members of the Journal of Population Economics and Kuznets Prize winners of previous years.
Those planning to attend the IESR reception are invited to register with Jiayu Lin via email: iesr_job@126.com.
Back from a Pre-Christmas tour de force through three continents (November 28 to December 22): Luxembourg-Brussels-Kigali-Xiamen-Seoul-Mumbai conferences. Some quick pictures from the trip. (No Christmas signs in Kigali.) Now on my way to Florida and Atlanta…. Follow me on my website.
On December 16, Klaus F.Zimmermann has moved to Mumbai, India, for the 60th Annual Conference of the Indian Society of Labour Economics (ISLE), which takes place 19-21 December at the Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR). He will present a research paper on 19 December about “Economic preferences across generations: Identifying family clusters from a large- scale experiment” and deliver the Invited Valedictory Address to the congress on 21 December. Since December 17, he enjoys staying at the guest house of IGIDR and the great hospitality.
During his visit to Seoul at Sogang University (Report I) and ASSLE (Report II), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT & GLO), he also enjoyed “dreaming happiness” at the National Museum of Korea. With its 27,090 square meters, the National Museum of Korea is considered to be the ninth-largest art museum in the world by gallery space.
At the entrance
The AASLE excursion team admiring the ten-story stone pagoda from the Gyeongcheonsa temple.
The President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University), reached South Korea on December 11 to speak first on December 12 in a research seminar at Sogang University Seoul about “Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water in Bangladesh”. Sogang University is one of the three top leading research universities of South Korea. He then participated at the second Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) 2018 Conference, which took place on 13-15 December in Seoul Dragon City, and stayed in the Novotel Yongsan.
Zimmermann’s paper presentation at the AASLE conference was on “Beyond the Average: Ethnic Capital Heterogeneity and Intergenerational Transmission of Education”. He showed that low educated new ethnic German migrant parents learn from better educated migrants of their own ethnicity with the consequence of a higher educational outcome of their children. This justifies random local assignment of migrants upon immigration.
At the conference, GLO President Zimmermann met a larger number of GLO Fellows, with whom he discussed issues of future research and the development of the GLO organization.
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