Economics in a Changing World Conference in Croatia: Deadline for Abstracts is May 15, 2017

Posted on May 14, 2017 by admin

GLO supports a conference organized by GLO Fellow Dejan Kovač and the Experimental Economic Lab (excel). GLO Fellows Francisco Gallego and Stepan Jurajda as well as GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann are members of the Scientific Board of excel.

Note that the first step is a submission of an abstract by May 15, 2017.

Agenda 2030: Economics in a Changing World, Umag, Croatia, August 27-28 2017

The Experimental Economics Lab presents the 1st International Scientific Conference on Economics in a Changing World. In the past decade, we have witnessed how different sets of events can trigger global economic changes. From the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis to today’s increasing number of political and conflict-related shocks, no nation’s economy has proven resistant to these changes. The complexity of interactions between economic and political factors has increased and these elements ought to be incorporated into future policies. A new development agenda should carry forward the spirit of active response to changes, seeking an answer to the questions of what should and can be done to anticipate changes and transform economies for the better. Practical focus of the Conference is highlighting the agenda of challenges, topics of migrations, national security, poverty, education, economic growth and healthcare to fulfil our vision of promoting sustainable development worldwide.

 

The deadline for abstracts is 15th of May. Please send in your abstracts and present on out prestigious conference. Topics of this years’s conference are:

  • Financial Economics
  • Health, Education and Welfare
  • Industrial Organization
  • International Economics
  • International Political Economy
  • Labor and Demographic Economics
  • Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
  • Network science
  • Public Economics

Please send your abstracts to: abstracts@exelconference.eu

CALL FOR PAPERS

Important info

Due to high tourist demand during our conference we advise both presenting authors and participants to register and book early. Upon paying the registration fee, you will receive a discount coupon for accommodation in one of our three luxury hotels. Please use the coupon and book your accommodation through our website to utilize our up to 30% discounts. For late bookings we cannot vouch discounts or accommodations in our sponsored hotels.

Present a Paper | Deadline for complete papers is 1st of July, 2017.

Confirmation/acceptance e-mails will go out till 20th of July.

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GLO President Zimmermann spoke at Bonn University

Posted on May 11, 2017 by admin

Back at Bonn University: Klaus F. Zimmermann, is affiliated with Princeton University, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, and ZEF at Bonn University, among others. He is also President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO). He has been President of the DIW Berlin and is Founding Director of IZA.

On Thursday, May 11, 2017 Zimmermann spoke in a main building of Bonn University in front of a large number of registered participants in the lecture series “Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making in Germany“ about

Labor Migration and the Role of Evaluation

Zimmermann addressed the differences between public opinions about migration and scientific evidence. References to research output can be found on his website.

The meeting was chaired and introduced by Dr. Sven Harten, Deputy Director of the German Institute for Development Evaluation (DEval).

The lecture series “Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making in Germany“ is organized by the Coordination Unit “Sustainable Development in International Cooperation“ of the University of Bonn and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit; DEval). In the lecture series, evaluation experts analyze and discuss the methods and role of evaluation in the context of German public policy. While the topics discussed are wide-ranging, the common thread that runs through the series is how complex issues of public policy can be assessed in a methodologically rigorous manner whilst assuring successful stakeholder management and yielding useful and timely results.

Zimmermann and DEval Deputy Director Harten (right) at Bonn University

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GLO – Präsident Zimmermann sprach an der TU Braunschweig

Posted on May 10, 2017 by admin

Globalisierung und Migration erzeugen Ängste und Hoffnungen zugleich. Sie sind häufig mit Mißverständnissen verbunden. Fakten und wissenschaftliche Evidenz werden gerne ignoriert. Was steckt dahinter? Darüber informierte eine öffentliche Vortragsveranstaltung.

Das Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der TU Braunschweig organisiert unter  dem Titel „Ökonomie, Politik & Praxis“ eine Reihe offener Vortragsveranstaltungen mit dem Ziel, gesellschaftlich bedeutende, wirtschaftliche Themen in die Region zu tragen. Zielgruppe sind Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Verwaltung und Politik, aber auch ganz “normale” Mitbürger und Mitbürgerinnen.

Im Rahmen dieser öffentlichen Vortragsreihe sprach Klaus F. Zimmermann am Dienstag, den 9. Mai 2017 um 18.30 Uhr in einer sehr gut besuchten Veranstaltung zum Thema

Migration und Globalisierungsängste in Zeiten evidenzfreier Wirtschaftspolitik

Ort: Haus der Wissenschaft, Veolia & Weitblick , Pockelsstr. 11 5. OG,38106 Braunschweig

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University und Universität Bonn) ist auch Präsident der Global Labor Organization (GLO).

Er war zuvor über ein Jahrzehnt Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) und fast 20 Jahre Gründungsdirektor des Bonner Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA).

Vor dem Veranstaltungsort (von links): GLO-Fellow Franz Peter Lang (TU Braunschweig), Zimmermann und Christian Leßmann (Leiter des Instituts für Volkswirtschaftslehre der TU Braunschweig).

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Zimmermann spricht an der Technischen Universität Braunschweig

Posted on May 8, 2017 by admin

Globalisierung und Migration erzeugen Ängste und Hoffnungen zugleich. Sie sind häufig mit Mißverständnissen verbunden. Fakten und wissenschaftliche Evidenz werden gerne ignoriert. Was steckt dahinter? Darüber informiert eine öffentliche Vortragsveranstaltung.

Das Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der TU Braunschweig organisiert unter  dem Titel „Ökonomie, Politik & Praxis“ eine Reihe offener Vortragsveranstaltungen mit dem Ziel, gesellschaftlich bedeutende, wirtschaftliche Themen in die Region zu tragen. Zielgruppe sind Persönlichkeiten aus Wissenschaft, Wirtschaft, Verwaltung und Politik, aber auch ganz “normale” Mitbürger und Mitbürgerinnen.

Im Rahmen dieser öffentlichen Vortragsreihe spricht Klaus F. Zimmermann am Dienstag, den 9. Mai 2017 um 18.30 Uhr zum Thema

Migration und Globalisierungsängste in Zeiten evidenzfreier Wirtschaftspolitik

Ort: Haus der Wissenschaft, Veolia & Weitblick , Pockelsstr. 11 5. OG,38106 Braunschweig

Klaus F. Zimmermann (Princeton University, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University und Universität Bonn) ist auch Präsident der Global Labor Organization (GLO).

Er war zuvor über ein Jahrzehnt Präsident des Deutschen Instituts für Wirtschaftsforschung (DIW Berlin) und fast 20 Jahre Gründungsdirektor des Bonner Instituts zur Zukunft der Arbeit (IZA).

Zimmermann in seinem Dienstzimmer an der Princeton University

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Evaluating Migration: Opinions and Facts

Posted on May 7, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks on Thursday, May 11, 2017 at Bonn University in a lecture series “Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making in Germany“ about

Labor Migration and the Role of Evaluation

The event takes place between 18.00 – 20.00 in the Main Building, Lecture Hall III.

Zimmermann will address the differences between public opinions about migration and scientific evidence. References to research output can be found on his website.

Klaus F. Zimmermann is affiliated with Princeton University, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University, and ZEF at Bonn University, among others. He is also President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

The lecture series “Evaluation and Evidence Based Policy Making in Germany“ is organized by the Coordination Unit “Sustainable Development in International Cooperation“ of the University of Bonn and the German Institute for Development Evaluation (Deutsches Evaluierungsinstitut der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit; DEval). In the lecture series, evaluation experts analyze and discuss the methods and role of evaluation in the context of German public policy. While the topics discussed are wide-ranging, the common thread that runs through the series is how complex issues of public policy can be assessed in a methodologically rigorous manner whilst assuring successful stakeholder management and yielding useful and timely results.

Klaus F. Zimmermann in front of Bonn University

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Remittances Foster Growth and Development

Posted on April 28, 2017 by admin

Remittances provide developing economies with the means to grow. Therefore, migration contributes to development. And migration policy is development policy.

The 2017 David K Smith Symposium at Middlebury College deals with this issue. Prominent researchers speak (see program below) including Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University, UNU-MERIT and Bonn University, who is also the President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO).

Conference program

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David K Smith ‘42 Economics Symposium at Middlebury College
“Economics of Remittances”

Saturday, April 29th, 2017 [Robert A. Jones ’59 House Conference Room]
Welcome Remarks: 9:00 to 9:15 AM President Laurie L. Patton [Middlebury College]

I. AM Session 9:20 AM to 11:20 AM Remittances, Crime, and Racial Wealth Gap
–Stephen Brito [International Monetary Fund]
“Remittances and the Impact on Crime in Mexico”
–Darrick Hamilton [New School of Social Research]
“The Racial Wealth Gap: the roles of Remittance, Inheritance, Incarceration and Education”

Coffee Break 11:25 AM to 11:40 AM

II. Keynote Address: 11:45 AM to 12:55 PM Dilip Ratha [World Bank]
“The Global Agenda on Remittances”
Lunch 1:00 PM to 1:55 PM

III. PM Session: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Remittances, Income Inequality, and Well-being
– James Bang [St. Ambrose University], Aniruddha Mitra [Bard College], and Phanindra V.
Wunnava [Middlebury College]
“Hollowing out the Middle? Remittances and Income Inequality in Nigeria”
–Klaus F. Zimmermann [Princeton University/Bonn University/UNU-MERIT/GLO]
“Remittances and Well-being”

Closing Remarks: Phanindra V. Wunnava [Middlebury College]

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Maxwell School of Syracuse University Lecture now online

Posted on April 9, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), visited the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University on March 29-30, 2017.

He was invited to deliver the prestigious

Andrew F. Smith Lecture in International Economics and Development

on

European Governance in Face of the Migration Crisis

The lecture is now oneline here on the Maxwell School of Syracuse University YouTube Channel.

For more information see the Department of Economics Website on the Lecture Series.

Zimmermann also gave a research seminar on March 29, 2017 in the Economics Department, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, on: “Arsenic Contamination of Drinking Water and Mental Health”.

Zimmermann in front of the main building at Syracuse University.

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Economic Stars 2017: Journal of Population Economics strongly represented

Posted on April 2, 2017 by admin

The Economic Stars present the top cited, highly downloaded, and most shared journal articles published 2016 in the Springer economics journals.

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University & UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, is President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics.

GLO Supporter the Journal of Population Economics has 2 articles in the top 15 articles most shared in the Social Web, 2 articles among the 15 top cited articles and 3 in the 15 highly downloaded articles reported in the Economic Stars 2017.

Enjoy free access to these articles!

Among the top 15 articles most shared in the Social Web:

Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility, by Tia Palermo, Sudhanshu Handa, Amber Peterman, Leah Prencipe, David Seidenfeld, on behalf of the Zambia CGP Evaluation Team, Journal of Population Economics October 2016, Volume 29, Issue 4,  pp 1083–1111.

Immigration and crime: evidence from victimization data, by Luca Nunziata, Journal of Population Economics July 2015, Volume 28, Issue 3,  pp 697–736.

Among the 15 top cited articles:

Migration and young child nutrition: evidence from rural China, by Ren Mu, Alan de Brauw, Journal of Population Economics July 2015, Volume 28, Issue 3,  pp 631–657.

Can’t buy mommy’s love? Universal childcare and children’s long-term cognitive development, by Christina Felfe, Natalia Nollenberger, Núria Rodríguez-Planas, Journal of Population Economics April 2015, Volume 28, Issue 2,  pp 393–422.

Among the 15 highly downloaded articles

Parental choice, neighbourhood segregation or cream skimming? An analysis of school segregation after a generalized choice reform, Anders Böhlmark, Helena Holmlund, Mikael Lindahl, Journal of Population Economics October 2016, Volume 29, Issue 4,  pp 1155–1190.

The importance of family background and neighborhood effects as determinants of crime, Karin Hederos Eriksson, Randi Hjalmarsson, Matthew J. Lindquist, Anna Sandberg, Journal of Population Economics January 2016, Volume 29, Issue 1,  pp 219–262.

Immigration and prices: quasi-experimental evidence from Syrian refugees in Turkey, by Binnur Balkan, Semih Tumen, Journal of Population Economics July 2016, Volume 29, Issue 3,  pp 657–686.

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is affiliated with organizations and institutions with a thematic interest and a strong ambition to contribute to an effective global network and to benefit from it.

From the 2015 editorial board meeting of the Journal of Population Economics at Izmir University of Economics with Editor Sandro Cigno, Editor-in-Chief Klaus F. Zimmermann, Springer Editor Katharina Wetzel-Vandai, and Editor Erdal Tekin present (from the left).

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Central European University: Existence in Danger

Posted on April 2, 2017 by admin

Budapest, Hungary: The Central European University (CEU) fights for survival.

“Concerned citizens in Hungary, Europe, and around the world, express their solidarity with Central European University (CEU) and express concern at proposed legislative changes to CEU’s status in Hungary. These changes would endanger the academic freedom vital for CEU’s continued operation in Budapest and would strike a blow against the academic freedom that enables all universities, including those in Hungary, to flourish.

In twenty-five years, Central European University has established itself as a private international university with a global reputation for teaching and research in the social sciences and humanities. It attracts students from 117 countries and faculty from 40. The University as a whole is accredited by the US Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE), and its masters and doctoral programs are registered by the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Its programs are also certified by appropriate Hungarian authorities and it has complied in full with all Hungarian laws.

In international rankings, some of CEU’s departments are rated among the top 50 in the world. CEU also makes Hungary a regional leader in winning highly competitive European Research Council grants. Several of its faculty, in fields as various as medieval studies, network and cognitive science, have won the most prestigious awards in their disciplines.

CEU is a valued member of the international academic community and its presence in Hungary has added to the reputation of Hungarian academic life on the international stage. The government’s proposed legislation to alter its statute of operation in Hungary would compromise its academic freedom and set a dangerous precedent for academic life in other countries.

Those who share those concerns should urge the government to withdraw the proposed legislation and enter consultation with CEU, bearing in mind the damage such legislation might do to Hungary’s well-founded international academic reputation, to its relationships with its European partners and with the United States.”

Adapted text following the proposed letter in https://www.ceu.edu/node/17842 , where you also find the addresses where to send statements of solidarity.

Supporting the struggle for survival of CEU is at the core of the vision of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), although the GLO has no institutional position. The President of the GLO, Klaus F. Zimmermann, as its Director, Alessio Brown, and many members of the GLO, which assembles about 500 distinguished scientists in more than 80 countries around the world, do support this struggle.

What can individuals do:

Write a letter as suggested in https://www.ceu.edu/node/17842

Show your support for academic freedom on: #IStandWithCEU

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European Governance in Face of the Migration Crisis

Posted on March 31, 2017 by admin

Klaus F. Zimmermann, Princeton University and UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), visited the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. On March 30, 2017, he was invited to deliver the prestigious

Andrew F. Smith Lecture in International Economics and Development

on

European Governance in Face of the Migration Crisis

The lecture is oneline here.  (Maxwell School of Syracuse University YouTube Channel)

For more information see the Department of Economics Website on the Lecture Series.

Zimmermann in front of the main building at Syracuse University.

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