TheGLO Virtual Seminar is a monthly internal GLO research event chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha and hosted by the GLO partner institution University of Kent. The results are available on the GLO website and the GLO News section, where also the video of the presentation is posted. All GLO related videos are also available in the GLO YouTube channel. (To subscribe go there.)
The last seminar was given on January 7, 2021, London/UKat 1-2 pm, by Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University and GLO on Endogamous Marriage among Immigrant Groups: The Impact of Deportations under Secure Communities. Below find a report and the video of the seminar.
Report
Endogamous Marriage among Immigrant Groups: The Impact of Deportations under Secure Communities
Volume 34, issue 1, 2021 of the Journal of Population Economics is published. See below the list of articles and access links to read or download the contributions.
A Journal of Population Economics Online Workshop hosted by UNU-MERIT, Maastricht took place on November 19, 2020 (2-5 pm CET). The detailed agenda is below presenting highlights on “Covid-19” and “societal conflict” from the new issue.
Journal of Population Economics: Report Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University)
Michaella Vanore
Klaus F. Zimmermann
2.15 – 2.45 pm CET Maastricht
Lead paper Issue 1/2021: Session Chair Terra McKinnish (Editor; University of Colorado Boulder)
Terra McKinnish, Editor, Journal of Population Economics
“Names and behavior in a war” presented by Štěpán Jurajda (CERGE-EI, Prague) Co-author: Dejan Kovač (Princeton University and Zagreb)
Discussion
Michaella Vanore
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Terra McKinnish
Štěpán Jurajda
Dejan Kovač
2.45 – 3.15 pm CET Maastricht
Kuznets Prize 2021: “Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China”, published in the Journal of Population Economics (2020), 33(4), pp. 1127–1172. OPEN ACCESS.
Bartel Van de Walle (Director, UNU-MERIT) presented UNU-MERIT & delivered the prize laudation.
Panel with the authors chaired by Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University): Yun Qiu (Jinan University), Xi Chen (Yale University), and Wei Shi (Jinan University)
Yun Qiu
From the left: Xi Chen, Wei Shi and Klaus F. Zimmermann
Bartel Van de Walle
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Yun Qiu
Xi Chen
Wei Shi
3.15 – 4.00 pm CET Maastricht
Panel: Publishing in Population Economics Alessandro Cigno (Editor; University of Florence), Shuaizhang Feng (Editor; Jinan University), Oded Galor (Editor; Brown University), Pierre Pestieau (Editor; Université de Liège), Erdal Tekin (Editor; American University), Katharina Wetzel-Vandai (Springer Nature), Junsen Zhang (Editor; Chinese University of Hong Kong), Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University)
The Panel debate was organized to honor the contributions of Sandro Cigno to Population Economics and to the success of the Journal of Population Economics. Cigno celebrated his 80th birthday on December 24, 2020 and retired on December 31, 2020 from his position as Editor of the Journal. MORE DETAILS from the Panel see separate post in his honor.
Sandro Cigno, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Katharina Wetzel-Vandai, Erdal Tekin
Shuaizhang Feng
Oded Galor
Pierre Pestieau
Junsen Zhang
Alessandro Cigno (Editor, Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – 2020)
Shuaizhang Feng (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2020 – )
Oded Galor (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2019 – ; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Economic Growth)
Pierre Pestieau (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – 1995; previously: Co-Editor Journal of Public Economics)
Erdal Tekin (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2010 – 2018; Editor-in-Chief Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)
Junsen Zhang (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2001 – 2019; Coeditor, Journal of Human Resources)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; Managing Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – ; previously: Managing Editor, Economic Policy)
4.00 – 5.00 pm CET Maastricht
Madeline Zavodny, Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics
Covid-19 in Issue 1/2021: Session Chair Madeline Zavodny (Managing Editor; University of North Florida)
Fabio Milani (University of California, Irvine): “COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies” Discussion
Domenico Depalo (Bank of Italy): “True COVID-19 mortality rates from administrative data” Discussion
Fabio Milani
Domenico Depalo (
Fabrizio Patriarca (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures” Co-authors: Luca Bonacini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia); Giovanni Gallo (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis) Discussion
Sergio Scicchitano (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis): “Working from home and income inequality: risks of a ‘new normal’ with COVID-19” Co-authors: Luca Bonacini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia); Giovanni Gallo (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis) Discussion
Fabrizio Patriarca
Sergio Scicchitano
Madeline Zavodny
Domenico Depalo
Fabrizio Patriarca
Sergio Scicchitano
Luca Bonacini
Giovanni Gallo
END of the event
Michaella Vanore, Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics
TheGLO Virtual Seminar is a monthly internal GLO research event chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha and hosted by the GLO partner institution University of Kent. The results are available on the GLO website and the GLO News section, where also the video of the presentation is posted. All GLO related videos are also available in the GLO YouTube channel. (To subscribe go there.)
The last seminar was given on November 5, 2020 by John P. de New on Dreaming Big: Higher Occupational Aspirations From Persistent and Advantaged Kids. Below find a report and the video of the seminar.
Cynthia Bansak
Announcement/forthcoming seminar: January 7, 2021:London/UKat 1-2 pm Cynthia Bansak, St. Lawrence University and GLO
Topic: Endogamous Marriage among Immigrant Groups: The Impact of Deportations under Secure Communities
Report
Dreaming Big: Higher Occupational Aspirations From Persistent and Advantaged Kids
John P. de New
GLO Virtual Seminar on December 3, 2020 John P. de New,Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, and GLO Video of Seminar.
Based on joint work with Sonja C de New and Clement C Wong.
This was an internal meeting of the AE section on special invitation only; a larger number of section members joined during the day as did a larger number of guests from CEU & GLO placed in various parts of the world.
Central European University (CEU), Vienna
November 23, 2020: “COVID-19” Virtual Workshop of the Academia Europaea (AE) Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences”, all CET/Vienna.
PROGRAM
Ingy Kassem
Starting at 9.00 am; Informal get together, flexible entry….
Moderator of the event: Ingy Kassem (Central European University, Executive Assistant to the Head of the School of Public Policy)
NOTE: Ingy Kassem announced the program parts. The session chairs briefly announced the speakers. The speakers took 20 minutes for presentation. 10 minutes discussion. Luxurious breaks were used for intense communication. Participants brought their own food and drinks…. The meeting was not recorded.
9.30 am; Klaus F. Zimmermann (MAE, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University & GLO): Welcome of the Section Chair
9.35 – 9.50 am; Martin Kahanec (MAE, Central European University, Acting Dean of CEU School of Public Policy): Welcome of the Host & and CEU Business
9.50 – 10.40 am; Graziella Bertocchi (MAE, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia): COVID-19, Race, and Redlining Chair: Andreu Mas-Colell (MAE, Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
10.50 – 11.40 am; Matthias Sutter (MAE, University of Cologne & Max-Planck Bonn): Nudging or Paying? Evaluating the effectiveness of measures to contain COVID-19 in rural Bangladesh in a randomized controlled trial. Chair:Reinhilde Veugelers(MAE, University of Leuven)
11.50am – 12.40 pm;Anil Duman (Guest, Central European University): Wage Losses and Inequality in Developing Countries: labor market and distributional consequences of COVID-19 lockdowns in Turkey Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann(MAE, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University & GLO)
12.40 – 13.50 pm; Lunch with 3 random “seat” allocations…. (virtual, participants brought food and drinks and exchanged views in three changing group rounds)
13.50 – 14.40 pm; Peter Nijkamp (MAE, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam): Corona Impacts on the Hospitality Market. A Space-time Economic Roller-Coaster Analysis Chair:Martin Kahanec (MAE, Central European University)
14.50 – 15.40 pm; Luiz Moutinho (MAE, University of Suffolk): Artificial Intelligence and Control of COVID-19 Chair: Mirjana Radovic-Markovic (MAE, Institute of Economic Sciences)
15.40 – 15.50 pm; “Conference picture – group photo”.
Some visible participants:
15.50 – 16.40 pm; Marcella Alsan(Guest, Harvard University): Civil Liberties in Times of Crises Chair: Amelie Constant (MAE, Princeton University)
16.40 – 16.50 pm; Final remarks: Martin Kahanec& Klaus F. Zimmermann 16.50 – 17.00 pm; “After the hour”: Section Committee only. Group photo.
The end.
AE Section Committee“Economics, Business and Management Sciences”
The GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS) 2020/2021 has started its activity.
In the spirit of the GLO Mission, the GLO VirtYS program’s goal is to contribute to the development of the future generation of researchers, who are committed to the creation of policy-relevant research, are well equipped to work in collaboration with policy makers and other stakeholders, and adhere to the highest standards of academic integrity. This goal is achieved through the process of working on a specific research paper within the duration of the program, which is 9 months, and interact with the GLO VirtYS cohort and advisors.
Under the leadership of GLO VirtYS Program Director Olena Nizalova, the participants have virtually met with GLO officials and advisors on November 12 for a warm welcome and first interactions. GLO PresidentKlaus F. Zimmermann and GLO Director Matloob Piracha made introductory remarks. GLO VirtYS Program Assistant Yannis Galanakis reported from his experience as a member of the GLO VirtYS 2010/2020 cohort.
The following program participants have been appointed GLO Affiliate:
Volume 34, issue 1, 2021 of the Journal of Population Economics is published online. See below the list of articles and access links to read or download the contributions.
PARTICIPATE in the November 19, 2020 (Thursday); (2-5 pm CET) Journal of Population Economics Online Workshop (Webinar). Hosted by UNU-MERIT. Maastricht . Open to the general public. The detailed agenda is below presenting highlights on “Covid-19” and “societal conflict” from the new issue.
Journal of Population Economics: Report Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University)
2.15 – 2.45 pm CET Maastricht
Lead paper Issue 1/2021: Session Chair Terra McKinnish (Editor; University of Colorado Boulder)
“Names and behavior in a war” presented by Štěpán Jurajda (CERGE-EI, Prague) Co-author: Dejan Kovač (Princeton University and Zagreb)
Discussion
Michaella Vanore
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Terra McKinnish
Štěpán Jurajda
Dejan Kovač
2.45 – 3.15 pm CET Maastricht
Kuznets Prize 2021: “Impacts of social and economic factors on the transmission of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China”, published in the Journal of Population Economics (2020), 33(4), pp. 1127–1172.
Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University) Bartel Van de Walle (Director, UNU-MERIT)
Panel with the authors: Yun Qiu (Jinan University), Xi Chen (Yale University), and Wei Shi (Jinan University)
Bartel Van de Walle
Klaus F. Zimmermann
Yun Qiu
Xi Chen
Wei Shi
3.15 – 4.00 pm CET Maastricht
Panel: Publishing in Population Economics Alessandro Cigno (Editor; University of Florence), Shuaizhang Feng (Editor; Jinan University), Oded Galor (Editor; Brown University), Pierre Pestieau (Editor; Université de Liège), Erdal Tekin (Editor; American University), Katharina Wetzel-Vandai (Springer Nature), Junsen Zhang (Editor; Chinese University of Hong Kong), Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University)
Sandro Cigno, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Katharina Wetzel-Vandai, Erdal Tekin
Shuaizhang Feng
Oded Galor
Pierre Pestieau
Junsen Zhang
Alessandro Cigno (Editor, Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – 2020)
Shuaizhang Feng (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2020 – )
Oded Galor (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2019 – ; Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Economic Growth)
Pierre Pestieau (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – 1995; previously: Co-Editor Journal of Public Economics)
Erdal Tekin (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2010 – 2018; Editor-in-Chief Journal of Policy Analysis and Management)
Junsen Zhang (Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 2001 – 2019; Coeditor, Journal of Human Resources)
Klaus F. Zimmermann (Editor-in-Chief; Managing Editor; Journal of Population Economics, 1988 – ; previously: Managing Editor, Economic Policy)
4.00 – 5.00 pm CET Maastricht
Covid-19 in Issue 1/2021: Session Chair Madeline Zavodny (Managing Editor; University of North Florida)
Fabio Milani (University of California, Irvine): “COVID-19 outbreak, social response, and early economic effects: a global VAR analysis of cross-country interdependencies”
Discussion
Domenico Depalo (Bank of Italy): “True COVID-19 mortality rates from administrative data”
Discussion
Fabrizio Patriarca (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia): “Identifying policy challenges of COVID-19 in hardly reliable data and judging the success of lockdown measures” Co-authors: Luca Bonacini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia); Giovanni Gallo (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis)
Discussion
Sergio Scicchitano (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis): “Working from home and income inequality: risks of a ‘new normal’ with COVID-19” Co-authors: Luca Bonacini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia); Giovanni Gallo (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis)
Third IESR-GLO Joint Conference. The Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR) at Jinan University and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) were jointly organizing a virtual conference on economic issues related to the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic.
The conference was held from June 5 (Friday) to June 7 (Sunday) through Zoom Webinar. Full Program.Over 300 participants worldwide.
Keynote addresses by Daron Acemoglu (MIT) and Charles Manski (Northwestern University). Links lead to the videos of the keynote lectures. – June 5, 2020. Daron Acemoglu (MIT): A Multi-risk SIR Model with Optimally Targeted Lockdown Large gains from targeted policy! – June 6, 2020. Charles Manski (Northwestern University): Coping with COVID Uncertainties We must take care when performing!
The conference is supported by theJournal of Population Economics. The Journal welcomes submissions dealing with the demographic aspects of the coronavirus crisis.
Quo Vadis Europe after the European elections? Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann (both Budapest) debated on June 5, 2019 with Elsa Fornero (Turin) and Jonathan Portes (London) the consequences and perspectives for Europe in front of a larger audience assembled at the Central European University in Budapest. Zimmermann, President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), was chairing and moderating the event; Fornero, Kahanec and Portes are GLO Fellows.
The common economic and political development in Europe, in particular labor mobility, labor market reforms, evidence-based policy making and the role of scientists have been key elements of the public debate about the future of Europe. EU-pessimism has become stronger and stronger, and the recent EU elections provide guidance about the potentials for a recovery of the European idea in the face of Brexit and a possible dismantling of European institutions. The panel brought together experienced academic exponents combing research with policy for debate at this critical point of European history.
Klaus F. Zimmermann, George Soros Chair Professor, School of Public Policy, Central
European University (CEU), President of the Global Labor Organization (GLO), frequent
advisor to the EU Commission and European governments and Former President of
the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin); Chair & Panelist
Populism and anti-globalism is on the rise.
Evidence-based policymaking is losing weight.
The value of migration and international institutions is questioned.
The freedom of academic institutions gets under threat.
Scientist are challenged to analyze and to respond to this development when also their insights are ignored.
Voters move away from centrist parties, who lose majority.
Pro-European liberals and greens become stronger and are now a third force.
Anti-parties (anti-Europe, anti-migration) are stronger, but not dramatically.
This is all a vote for a revival of the European idea.
Facing strong global challenges from Asia, Africa and the USA, Europe needs to stick together and develop from its strength.
More Europe not less is needed in the interest of the European nations and its people.
This implies re-inventing the European idea and export some of its great institutions: social institutions, education and training and labor mobility.
Elsa Fornero, Professor of Economics, University of Turin, Department of
Business and Economics, Scientific Coordinator of CeRP – Center for Research on
Pensions and Welfare Policies and Former Minister of Labor, Social Policies and
Gender Equality in Italy; Panelist
Reforms must live in society with the people – workers, politicians, pensioners, etc. It is not a purely technical problem.
We, technocrats, believed in reforms but the society did not accept them. The society misunderstood the policies as austerity measures.
Economic models are dealing with prosperity, but real policymaking is about elections, which are always around the corner.
The populists saw the weak points of reformists and the discontent of people and exploited them.
Labor mobility and work in Europe should be reestablished as a right of the individuals and this should be in the center of the new Europe.
We should strengthen the civil society –politicians and the elites should go out and talk to the people.
Martin Kahanec, Professor and Dean of the School of Public Policy, Central European University (CEU), Budapest, and frequent advisor to the EU Commission; Panelist
These elections showed the discontent between East and West, South and North, globalists and localists
In the 90s the region had a dream – get rid of the Soviets, which unified the societies. And move back to Europe – Schengen, EU, Eurozone, etc. However, after they joined the EU there is a vacuum of dreams. What is our next mission?
Although the lowest election participation was in Slovakia, it is a EU positive country.
Elites and workers feared migration from outside of Europe. But not internal labor mobility.
Internal mobility helps build bridges over the old cleavages, but is also beneficial economically.
Europe should have a policy for external migration which tackles the aging population challenge. The EU needs a migration framework, which is economically profitable, but also needs to have control and be predictable.
Jonathan Portes, Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Senior Fellow, UK in a
Changing Europe, Department of Political Economy, King’s College London, Former
Chief Economist of the UK government, Former Director of the National Institute
of Economic and Social Research; Panelist
The long term forces behind Brexit were not migration, but that the EU is not only an economic but also a political project. And the British felt that their positions in the world were threatened. Sentiments in this direction grew after the world economic crisis.
The Britishattitude towards migration has changed after the referendum, becoming more positive. It has to do with a drop in the migration from the EU, and an increase from the outside. The gaps created were filled with workers from outside of the EU, and the need was better understood.
The lack of control scared people because they wanted the “right” immigration
If one provides a sense of control and of the existing trade-offs, the situation will approve.
Thanks to the failure of May we are likely to have a hard Brexit or to reverse the results and stay in the EU. There is no middle ground anymore. Even if in a second vote the result would be “remain” – the issue would not be settled.
People thought that Brexit would be easy and not painful; they now realize how wrong they were.
If Germany turns into success its refugee immigration, then Germans would send to Europe a tremendously positive example.
From the left during the panel:Klaus F. Zimmermann, Chair, Budapest and Bonn; Jonathan Portes, London; Elsa Fornero, Turin; and Martin Kahanec, Budapest and Vienna.
After the panel during a joint dinner from the left: The Honorable Tanya Cook, USA; CEU Professor Anil Duman and GLO Fellow; Turin Professor and Former Labor Minister Elsa Fornero; CEU Dean and Professor Martin Kahanec; and Klaus F. Zimmermann, George Soros Chair, CEU, and GLO President.
The joint FOM-GLO-KAS Conference about “Climate Change and Human Responses” co-organized by the Global Labor Organization (GLO), FOM University of Applied Sciences and Konrad Adenauer Foundation (KAS) took place on October 31 – November 2 in Hong Kong. (See for detailed reports: DAY ONE, DAY TWO, DAY THREE ) Here are some further impressions (courtesy of KAS):
Conference participants at Day 2 after lunch.
Conference organizers (from the left): GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann, Peter Hefele, Director of the Hong Kong branch of the German Konrad-Adenauer Foundation and Andreas Oberheitmann (FOM, RWI and GLO).
RECENT GLO Discussion Papers on the issue of the conference (freely downloadable):
