# I stand with CEU! Academicians and GLO Fellows debate at CEU in Budapest.

Posted on September 6, 2017 by admin

Evidence-free policy making is on the move. This is a particular challenge for the relationship between scientists and policymakers. A workshop with a high-ranked panel of scientists in Budapest engaged in policy advice and policy-making was debating this in the face of the ongoing discussion about the future of the Central European University (CEU). The open event took place on September 6, 2017 on the premises of CEU hosted by the CEU School of Public Policy.

The issue was also debated during the  Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, September 4-6, 2017. Academia Europaea (AE) is the Academy of Europe.

Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT, Maastricht & Bonn University) is President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Member of the AE. The AE Council of Academia Europaea has just confirmed his position as Chair of the AE Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”. GLO, the Section of the AE and the CEU School of Public Policy had jointly organized the event.

The distinguished panel of the event consisted of prominent members of the Academia Europaea (MAE) and the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

EVENT ACTORS:

Panel Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University & MAE; President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), Section Chair of the Academia Europaea for “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”; Former President of DIW Berlin & Founding Director of IZA.

Martin Kahanec, Central European University (CEU), CELSI, MAE; Acting Head of the School of Public Policy; Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO); Founding Scientific Director of CELSI.

Andreu Mas-Colell, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona GSE, MAE & GLO; Recipient of the Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea 2017; former Minister for Universities and Research and former Minister of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia.

Sergiu Hart, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & MAE;   Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Rationality.

Frederick van der Ploeg, Oxford University, MAE  & GLO ; Former State Secretary of Education, Culture and Science, the Netherlands, former Member of the Dutch Parliament.

THE DEBATE: van der Ploeg; Mas-Colell; Zimmermann; Hart & Kahanec

HOST AND ACTING HEAD: Kahanec

PANEL CHAIR: Zimmermann (left: van der Ploeg)

 

Kahanec (left) & Zimmermann in front of CEU

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Now Published: Left Behind, but Doing Good! Article by Nikolova, Roman & Zimmermann

Posted on September 5, 2017 by admin

Nikolova, Milena, Monica Roman & Klaus F. Zimmermann. Left Behind but Doing Good? Civic Engagement in Two Post-Socialist Countries. Journal of Comparative Economics, 45 (2017) 658–684.

Now published, article available under: 2017 Nikolova Roman Zimmermann

The authors document that migration can affect the values and norms of those left behind in the home country. This is shown for two post-socialist states (Bulgaria & Romania):

See a recent Gallup Blog. And a related  Linkedin blog.

Abstract

The fall of socialism in Central and Eastern Europe restored ordinary citizens’ rights and freedoms and ended their political and social isolation. While the freedom of movement was quickly embraced, civil society revival lagged due to the eroded civic norms, declining social capital, and worsening economic conditions. This paper examines the link between the out-migration of relatives and friends and the pro-social behavior of the left behinds in two post-socialist countries—Bulgaria and Romania—the EU’s poorest, and among the least happy and most corrupt member states. It shows that having close contacts abroad is consistently positively associated with civic engagement and that the cultural transmission of norms from abroad could be driving the results. Specifically, the strength of the civic engagement culture of the family or friend’s destination matters for the pro-social behavior of respondents in the home countries. The results imply that the emigration of family and friends may have positive but previously undocumented consequences for the individuals and communities left behind in Bulgaria and Romania. Given civil society’s role for development in post-socialist Europe and the socio-economic and institutional challenges that Bulgaria and Romania face compared with the rest of the EU, understanding the channels fostering civil society and well-being are important for national and EU policymakers.

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Andreu Mas-Colell speaks on the future of work

Posted on September 4, 2017 by admin

The Academia Europaea (AE), The Academy of Europe, has awarded its prestigious Erasmus Medal in 2017 to Andreu Mas-Colell.  Andreu is a Member of Academia Europaea (MAE) and its section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”, a Fellow of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), and one of the most prominent European economists of our time. For more details on the medal and the award winner.

In response to this honor, Andreu Mas-Colell will deliver a lecture on

“Is the era of work ending?”

during the Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, on Tuesday September 5, 2017.

Andreu Mas-Colell delivers a speculative talk on the future of work – and jobs – in economies subject to the scientific and technological advances associated with mechanization. Three propositions are defended: (i) that if it is made an overwhelming priority of public policy, the minimization of work is a possibility in the long-run, (ii) that the natural development of our managed economies will not necessarily lead to this outcome, and (iii) that this minimization of the role of work is an undesirable outcome that should not be fostered.

GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann, who is the Founding Director of the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), which he had created in 1998 to investigate among others the future of labor, will be an interested participant and student of this lecture. A recent public speech on this issue of Zimmermann has been:

PUBLIC SPEECH of Klaus F. Zimmermann                                                                             International Labor Day May 2015 on “The Big Trade-Off in the World of Labor”     (Linkedin Comment, Text,  VIDEO)

 

Andreu Mas-Colell

Andreu Mas-Colell, University Pompeu Fabra (UPF) and Barcelona GSE, MAE & GLO; Recipient of the Erasmus Medal of the Academia Europaea 2017; former Minister for Universities and Research and former Minister of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia.

Zimmermann before attending the lecture of Mas-Colell  in the Hungarian Academy of Science

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Council of Academia Europaea re-elects Klaus F. Zimmermann as Section Chair “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”

Posted on September 4, 2017 by admin

The Academia Europaea (AE) is The Academy of Europe, Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT Maastricht, Bonn University, and Rockefeller Foundation Policy Fellow) is the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Section Chair of “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” of the AE.

The Academia Europaea 29th Annual Conference 2017 takes place from September 3 – 6, 2017 in the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest. During this meeting on September 4, 2017, Zimmermann has been confirmed as Section Chair of “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” by the AE Council for another period of three years until the end of 2020.

Zimmermann in front of the Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest

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Amsterdam: WageIndicator Conference Discussed the Future of Work Relations Worldwide

Posted on September 3, 2017 by admin

In their  2017 Annual Conference on

“Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“,

the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) and the WageIndicator Foundation demonstrated successfully the large and many contributions the venture has made with the supply of data and serious workplace information about employer-employee relations around the world. Various speakers presented milestones of the research over the years. The conference took place on September 1, 2017 at KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, 1092 AD Amsterdam. The conference program can be found HERE.

The event was chaired by WageIndicator Foundation Director Paulien Osse.  The very successful WageIndicator movement had been initiated by Osse and AIAS Research Professor Kea Tijdens in 1999, and has now activities with websites in more than 92 countries around the world and provides detailed information on all kinds of self-reported wages and salaries.

AIAS and the WageIndicator Foundation are also partner institutions of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). Hence, the WageIndicator project is strongly supported by the GLO. Osse and Tijdens are both GLO Fellows, while WageIndicator Foundation Director Paulien Osse also serves as a member of the GLO Founding Council and the GLO Advisory Board. Among the conference speakers were also GLO Fellow Martin Guzi (Masaryk Uni Brno and CELSI, Bratislava), GLO Fellow Martin Kahanec (Central European University, Budapest, and CELSI, Bratislava) and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University), among others.

Paulien Osse, Wage Indicator Foundation & GLO Fellow & Klaus F. Zimmermann, GLO President.

Klaus F. Zimmermann in front of the conference venue, the KIT Royal Tropical Institute.

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Umag Conference Ended: GLO Bosses Matloob Piracha & Klaus F. Zimmermann enjoyed exciting conference in Croatia

Posted on September 2, 2017 by admin

The Experimental Economics Lab presented the 1st International Scientific Conference on Economics in a Changing World.  The conference was jointly organized with the Adriatic Economic Association and supported by the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the World Academy of Art and Science.

The impressive media coverage and further event pictures can be found here.

The organizational team of the event was lead by Dejan Kovac (Princeton University and GLO) and Boris Podobnik  (Zagreb University and GLO), who is also President of the Adriatic Economic Association (AEA). Keynote speakers Joshua Angrist (MIT and GLO), Alan B. Krueger (Princeton University and GLO) and Henry Farber (Princeton University) together with a larger number of contributed papers were part of an impressive conference program that took place on August 27-28 2017 in Umag/Croatia in one of the best holiday resorts of the country.

Among the conference papers were contributions of GLO Managing Director Matloob Piracha (Kent University) and GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann (UNU-MERIT; Maastricht University and Bonn University).

Matloob Piracha (right) and Klaus F. Zimmermann (left) in Umag/Croatia in the conference hotel.

 

 Harbor in Umag

 Harbor in Rovinj

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Hey, Amsterdam! Revealing the secrets of wages around the world.

Posted on September 1, 2017 by admin

On September 1, the Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) & the WageIndicator Foundation will organize their 2017 Annual Conference on “Wages in Global Perspective: Monitoring Wages Worldwide through WageIndicator“. AIAS and the WageIndicator Foundation are partner institutions of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

The event is lead by WageIndicator Foundation Director Paulien Osse and AIAS Research Coordinator Kea Tijdens. The very successful WageIndicator movement had been initiated by Osse and Tijdens in 1999, and has now websites in more than 92 countries around the world and presents detailed information on all kinds of self-reported wages and salaries. The WageIndicator project is strongly supported by the GLO.

Osse and Tijdens are both GLO Fellows, while WageIndicator Foundation Director Paulien Osse also serves as a member of the GLO Founding Council and the GLO Advisory Board. Among the conference speakers are also GLO Fellow Martin Guzi (Masaryk Uni Brno and CELSI, Bratislava) and GLO Fellow Martin Kahanec (Central European University, Budapest, and CELSI, Bratislava) as well as GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University), among others.

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Paulien Osse, Wage Indicator Foundation & GLO Fellow

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AIAS Research Coordinator Kea Tijdens & GLO Fellow

The conference will take place at KIT Royal Tropical Institute, Mauritskade 63, 1092 AD Amsterdam. The conference program can be found HERE.

 The Amsterdam Institute for Advanced labour Studies (AIAS) is an institute for multidisciplinary research and teaching at the University of Amsterdam.
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Klaus F. Zimmermann presenting keynote at ALMR Workshop in Canberra/Australia

Posted on August 27, 2017 by admin

The 28th Australian Labour Market Research (ALMR) Workshop showcases high-quality labour economic research that engages actively with policy makers. The workshop will be held on 6-7 December 2017 at The Realm Hotel, 18 National Circuit Barton, Canberra, Australia.

The event takes place under the leadership of GLO Fellow Boyd Hunter (Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University). GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann will provide a keynote on “The European Migration Challenge”.

The timing of the 2017 ALMR Workshop is designed to dovetail with the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) Inaugural Conference to be held in Canberra on 7-9 December 2017.  Please note that the AASLE Conference is a SEPARATE event from the 2017 ALMR Workshop and people wanting to attend both will need to register separately for each event. One can register for the 2017 ALMR Workshop at Eventbrite.

GLO Fellow Boyd Hunter

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School Quality and Property Prices: GLO Fellow John Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University at UNU-MERIT, Maastricht

Posted on August 26, 2017 by admin

On his forthcoming trip through Europe, GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University will visit POP at UNU-MERIT on September 18, 2017. He will exchange his recent research and present a paper in the UNU-MERIT seminar at noon on:

Unawareness and Selective Disclosure: The Effect of School Quality Information on Property Prices

The seminar will be chaired by Hugo Confraria (Joint UNU-MERIT/MGSoG Seminar Series). Klaus F. Zimmermann, Co-Director of POP at UNU-MERIT and President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) will be present.

Further information on John P. Haisken – DeNew.

GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew

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Strong Move: FOM – University of Applied Sciences and GLO – Global Labor Organization cooperate

Posted on August 25, 2017 by admin

In a major breakthrough, FOM – University of Applied Sciences and GLO  have decided to collaborate and have already started a few joint initiatives! FOM has joined the large number of global organizations supporting the GLO.

FOM – University of Applied Sciences, Germany’s biggest private institute of higher education and engaged in the education of professionals, and the Global Labor Organization (GLO), an organization providing global networking in science, will intensify their collaboration. Activities will include joint research activities on education, inequality, conferences and societal activities on a national and global level.

A university for professionals which is providing the opportunity to obtain a state-recognized university degree without having to give up work or restrict the professional activity – this has been the objective of FOM University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Ökonomie and Management) since its foundation in 1993. With more than 42,500 students, FOM is Germany’s biggest private institute of higher education. It has been accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities, Germany’s most important advisory body for science policy. FOM is supported by the non-profit Stiftung BildungsCentrum der Wirtschaft. Experienced speakers from the academic world and industry give on-site lectures at 29 study centers throughout Germany.

FOM – Affiliates Franz-Peter Lang (Braunschweig University and FOM), Andreas Oberheitmann (FOM German-Sino School of Business & Technology) and Manuela Zipperling (FOM Berlin) are all GLO Fellows supporting the collaboration. Franz-Peter Lang also just became a member of the GLO Advisory Board.

Zimmermann had recently visited the FOM Headquarter in Düsseldorf/Germany to discuss the joint ventures. Harald Beschorner, Chancellor of the FOM, stated: “We are looking forward to interact with such a prominent global network, which is part of our mission.” And Klaus F. Zimmermann, President of the GLO, expects “a larger number of fruitful and significant joint projects in research and education. We are proud to partner with FOM, which is a strong player on the market for higher education.”

GLO Fellows Franz Peter Lang (TU Braunschweig and FOM, left) and Christian Leßmann (Director of the Institute of Economics, TU Braunschweig) after a public lecture of Zimmermann (middle) at Braunschweig University in May 2017.

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