A new study shows that those connections still matter much for wellbeing and mark differences concerning preferences for democracy and market economy, for levels of optimism, and risk tolerance.
Otrachshenko, V., Nikolova, M. & Popova, O. Double-edged sword: persistent effects of Communist regime affiliations on well-being and preferences. J Popul Econ (2023).
A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that adding household utility expenditures to a basic imputation model with household-level demographic and employment variables provides accurate estimates of poverty.
Author Abstract: Household consumption data are often unavailable, not fully collected, or incomparable over time in poorer countries. Survey-to-survey imputation has been increasingly employed to address these data gaps for poverty measurement, but its effective use requires standardized protocols. We refine existing poverty imputation models using 14 multi-topic household surveys conducted over the past decade in Ethiopia, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Vietnam. We find that adding household utility expenditures to a basic imputation model with household-level demographic and employment variables provides accurate estimates, which even fall within one standard error of the true poverty rates in many cases. Further adding geospatial variables improves accuracy, as does including additional community-level predictors (available from data in Vietnam) related to educational achievement, poverty, and asset wealth. Yet, within-country spatial heterogeneity exists, with certain models performing well for either urban areas or rural areas only. These results offer cost-saving inputs into future survey design.
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RELATED STUDY – free access: Dang, HA.H., Verme, P. Estimating poverty for refugees in data-scarce contexts: an application of cross-survey imputation. Journal of Population Economics (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00909-x OPEN ACCESS
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A new GLO Discussion Paper using Italian data showsthatwhile native students are mostly influenced by the average quality of their peers, immigrant children are detrimentally affected by the fraction of very low achievers in the classroom.
Author Abstract: Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this paper investigates whether the ability of classmates affects the educational attainment of immigrant students. We focus not only on the average quality of peers in the class, but we further investigate which part of the ability distribution of peers drives the effect, by assessing the role played by the extreme tails of the ability distribution. Our empirical strategy addresses students’ endogenous sorting into classes by exploiting the within-student across-subjects variation in achievements and the simultaneity problem by using predetermined measures of peers’ ability. We show that peers’ ability matters. While native students are mostly influenced by the average quality of their peers, immigrant children are detrimentally affected by the fraction of very low achievers in the classroom. Our findings provide valuable guidance to policymakers concerning the allocation of students to classes in order to foster immigrant students’ integration and learning.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that an additional year of schooling lowered the number of children a woman would have by approximately 0.09 children, postponed the age of first childbirth by 0.7 years, and reduced the probability of having a second child or more children by 0.18 among those mothers whose first child was a girl.
Author Abstract: Using data from the China Family Panel Studies, this paper exploits the Compulsory Education Law of China implemented in the 1980s to empirically examine the causal impact of women’s education on fertility in rural China by difference-in-differences methods. The results show that an additional year of schooling lowered the number of children a woman would have by approximately 0.09 children, postponed the age of first childbirth by 0.7 years, and reduced the probability of having a second child or more children by 0.18 among those mothers whose first child was a girl. In addition to the income effect, these results are also partly explained by more educated women preferring quality to quantity of children, placing a greater value on leisure and no longer perceiving children as the sole focus in their lives.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper reveals a clear gender bias towards the added worker effect for women, while the discouraged worker effect is confirmed for men.
Author Abstract: This research explores the long-term equilibrium relationship between unemployment and labour force participation rates for six selected countries in Latin America at both aggregate and gender-disaggregated levels. Cointegration analysis focused on the study of time series is used to validate the unemployment invariance hypothesis and explore added and discouraged worker effects in depth. The results suggest mixed dynamics for the aggregate model; however, a clear gender bias is revealed towards the added worker effect for women, while the discouraged worker effect is confirmed for men. The validity of the unemployment invariance hypothesis in several countries appears to reflect some rigidities that prevent the improvement of nations’ labour markets, exposing issues that economic policies must strategically address.
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Author Abstract: In this paper we use linked Census data to document rates of intergenerational housing mobility across ethnic groups in England and Wales. While home ownership has declined across all ethnic groups, we find substantial differences between them, with Black, Pakistani and Bangladeshi households experiencing the strongest intergenerational link between parent and child housing tenure, and Black individuals having the highest rates of downward housing mobility. In contrast, those of Indian origin have homeownership rates similar to White British families, and a weaker link between parent and child housing tenure. These patterns are likely, in turn, to exacerbate existing gradients in other dimensions of ethnicity-based inequality now and in the future.
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Author Abstract: Using historical, longitudinal data on individuals, we track the earnings of immigrant and U.S.-born women. Following individuals, instead of synthetic cohorts, avoids biases in earnings-growth estimates caused by compositional changes in the cohorts that are followed. The historical data contradict key predictions of the Family Investment Hypothesis, shed light on its genesis, and inform its further testing. Challenging the perception that the quality of U.S. immigrants fell after the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act, immigrant women, as previously found for immigrant men, have high earnings growth.
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Author Abstract: We describe how ethnic disparities in the labor market between prime aged Hispanic and non-Hispanic white men have evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4% after 2010 compared to non-Hispanics. In terms of earnings, Hispanics face a substantial negative disparity between 20% and 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree, while the earnings disparity increases with education. Comparing Hispanic immigrants with natives reveals much of the employment and earnings gains are attributable to Hispanic immigrants, particularly immigrants not fluent in English.
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Author Abstract: This paper studies firm-provided training in a context of potential worker mobility. We argue that such worker mobility may be reduced by employers’ associations (EAs) through no-poach agreements. First, we sketch a simple model to illustrate the impact of employer coordination on training. We then present supporting evidence from rich matched panel data, including firms’ EA affiliation and workers’ individual training levels. We find that workers’ mobility between firms in the same EA is considerably lower than mobility between equivalent firms not in the same EA. We also find that training provision by EA firms is considerably higher, even when drawing on within-employee variation and considering multiple dimensions of training. We argue that these results are consistent with a role played by EAs in reducing worker mobility.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper develops the model where the machine-intensive sector will expand at the expense of the labour-intensive sector suggesting the observed secular decline in the labour income share.
Author Abstract: This paper attempts to build up a Heckscher-Ohlin-Samuelson model of production and trade where capital is introduced outside the production process as a financial capital or credit as per the classical Ricardian wage fund framework. Stock of credit or financial capital as past savings, finances employment and machines or capital goods used in the process of production with Ricardian fixed coefficient technology. Availability of finance does not affect production or pattern of trade only nominal factor prices. International financial flows will not alter pattern of trade, but movement of labour and machines will. Such results change drastically when we consider a model with unemployment and finance dictates real outcomes much more than before. Introducing finance affects trade patterns with unemployment and especially with imperfect credit markets. In a two-period extension with credit demand being allocated for financing R&D expenditure, a rise in interest rate in the subsequent period will motivate perpetual tendencies to invest in machine via R&D so that machine-intensive sector will expand at the expense of the labour-intensive sector. This can account for the secular decline in labour income share as has been observed for some time. Our results are consistent with contemporary empirical evidence and have serious policy implications for role of financial development and quality of institutions for innovation and economic development. Numerical illustration corroborates this.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper is one of the first study investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates in a developing country, here in China.
Author Abstract: This study is one of the first investigating the causal evidence of the morbidity costs of fine particulates (PM2.5) for all age cohorts in a developing country, using individual-level health spending data from a basic medical insurance program in Wuhan, China. Our instrumental variable (IV) approach uses thermal inversion to address potential endogeneity in PM2.5 concentrations and shows that PM2.5 imposes a significant impact on healthcare expenditures. The 2SLS estimates suggest that a 10 μg/m3 reduction in monthly average PM2.5 leads to a 2.36% decrease in the value of health spending and a 0.79% decline in the number of transactions in pharmacies and healthcare facilities. Also, this effect, largely driven by the increased spending in pharmacies, is more salient for males and children, as well as middle-aged and older adults. Moreover, our estimates may provide a lower bound to individuals’ willingness to pay, amounting to CNY 43.87 (or USD 7.09) per capita per year for a 10 μg/m3 reduction in PM2.5.
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Author Abstract: Housing is a basic need and is intricately connected to a household’s health and wellness. The current pandemic has exposed the housing vulnerability for certain subgroups of the population and further jeopardized these household’s health and stability. Using the Household Pulse Survey launched by the US Census Bureau since April 2020, we examine the correlates of housing vulnerability during the pandemic. We explore both subjective and objective measures of vulnerability. In addition, we explore heterogeneity in the evolution of housing vulnerability along demographic characteristics such as ethnicity and housing type (renter vs owner) during the pandemic. Our results suggest that individuals perception on their housing vulnerability in the immediate future is on average higher than the objective evaluation of their current vulnerability. In addition, not being employed, lower levels of education and household size all increase home vulnerability. We also find significant heterogeneity across race in the evolution of vulnerability during the pandemic (2000-2022) with a “chilling effect” on Asians.
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The 43rd EBES Conference – Madrid will take place on 12th, 13th, 14th, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. The conference will be hosted by the Faculty of Economics and Business, Universidad Complutense de Madrid with the support of the Istanbul Economic Research Association and organized in Hybrid Mode (online and in-person).
Interested researchers from around the world are cordially invited to submit their abstracts or papers for presentation consideration.
Deadline for Abstract Submission is February 24, 2023.
Prof. Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht, and Free University Berlin Prof. Mehmet Huseyin Bilgin, Istanbul Medeniyet University, EBES, Turkey Prof. Jonathan Batten, University Utara Malaysia, Malaysia Prof. Iftekhar Hasan, Fordham University, U.S.A. Prof. Euston Quah, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Prof. John Rust, Georgetown University, U.S.A. Prof. Dorothea Schäfer, German Institute for Economic Research DIW Berlin, Germany Prof. Marco Vivarelli, Università Cattolica Del Sacro Cuore, Italy
Abstract/Paper Submission
Authors are invited to submit their abstracts or papers no later than February 24, 2023.
General inquiries regarding the call for papers should be directed to ebes@ebesweb.org
Publication Opportunities
Qualified papers can be published in EBES journals (Eurasian Business Review and Eurasian Economic Review) or EBES proceedings books after a peer review process without any submission or publication fees. EBES journals (EABR and EAER) are published by Springer and both are indexed in the SCOPUS, EBSCO EconLit with Full Text, Google Scholar, ABS Academic Journal Quality Guide, CNKI, EBSCO Business Source, EBSCO Discovery Service, ProQuest International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS), OCLC WorldCat Discovery Service, ProQuest ABI/INFORM, ProQuest Business Premium Collection, ProQuest Central, ProQuest Turkey Database, ProQuest-ExLibris Primo, ProQuest-ExLibris Summon, Research Papers in Economics (RePEc), Institute of Scientific and Technical Information of China, Naver, SCImago, ABDC Journal Quality List, Cabell’s Directory, and Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory. In addition, while EAER is indexed in the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Clarivate Analytics), EABR is indexed in the Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Current Contents / Social & Behavioral Sciences.
Also, all accepted abstracts will be published electronically in the Conference Program and the Abstract Book (with an ISBN number). It will be distributed to all conference participants at the conference via USB. Although submitting full papers are not required, all the submitted full papers will also be included in the conference proceedings in a USB.
After the conference, participants will also have the opportunity to send their paper to be published (after a refereeing process managed by EBES) in the Springer’s series Eurasian Studies in Business and Economics (no submission and publication fees). This is indexed by Scopus. It will also be sent to Clarivate Analytics in order to be reviewed for coverage in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH). Please note that the 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29 (Vol. 1), and 30th EBES Conference Proceedings are accepted for inclusion in the Conference Proceedings Citation Index – Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH). Other conference proceedings are in progress.
Important Dates
Conference Date: April 12-14, 2023 Abstract Submission Deadline: February 24, 2023 Reply-by: February 28, 2023* Registration Deadline: March 15, 2023 Submission of the Virtual Presentation: March 16, 2023 Announcement of the Program: March 21, 2023 Paper Submission Deadline (Optional): March 16, 2023** Paper Submission for the EBES journals: July 14, 2023
* The decision regarding the acceptance/rejection of each abstract/paper will be communicated with the corresponding author within a week of submission.
** Completed paper submission is optional. If you want to be considered for the Best Paper Award or your full paper to be included in the conference proceedings in the USB, after submitting your abstract before September 9, 2022, you must also submit your completed (full) paper by September 21, 2022.
Contact
Ugur Can, Director of EBES (ebes@ebesweb.org) Ender Demir, Conference Coordinator of EBES (demir@ebesweb.org)
Temperatures over 30°C significantly increase the likelihood of depression!
Hua, Y., Qiu, Y. & Tan, X. The effects of temperature on mental health: evidence from China. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00932-y
A new GLO Discussion Paper shows that in Australia reporting errors are systematically correlated with individual and household characteristics, which is supportive of common reasons for misreporting.
Author Abstract: Popular approaches to building data from unstructured text come with limitations, such as scalability, interpretability, replicability, and real-world applicability. These can be overcome with Context Rule Assisted Machine Learning (CRAML), a method and no-code suite of software tools that builds structured, labeled datasets which are accurate and reproducible. CRAML enables domain experts to access uncommon constructs within a document corpus in a low-resource, transparent, and flexible manner. CRAML produces document-level datasets for quantitative research and makes qualitative classification schemes scalable over large volumes of text. We demonstrate that the method is useful for bibliographic analysis, transparent analysis of proprietary data, and expert classification of any documents with any scheme. To demonstrate this process for building data from text with Machine Learning, we publish open-source resources: the software, a new public document corpus, and a replicable analysis to build an interpretable classifier of suspected “no poach” clauses in franchise documents.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper demonstrates that CRAML produces document-level datasets for quantitative research and makes qualitative classification schemes scalable over large volumes of text.
Author Abstract: Popular approaches to building data from unstructured text come with limitations, such as scalability, interpretability, replicability, and real-world applicability. These can be overcome with Context Rule Assisted Machine Learning (CRAML), a method and no-code suite of software tools that builds structured, labeled datasets which are accurate and reproducible. CRAML enables domain experts to access uncommon constructs within a document corpus in a low-resource, transparent, and flexible manner. CRAML produces document-level datasets for quantitative research and makes qualitative classification schemes scalable over large volumes of text. We demonstrate that the method is useful for bibliographic analysis, transparent analysis of proprietary data, and expert classification of any documents with any scheme. To demonstrate this process for building data from text with Machine Learning, we publish open-source resources: the software, a new public document corpus, and a replicable analysis to build an interpretable classifier of suspected “no poach” clauses in franchise documents.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper develops and evaluates a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point estimates of transitions along the welfare distribution at the more disaggregated household level.
Author Abstract: Panel data are rarely available for developing countries. Departing from traditional pseudo-panel methods that require multiple rounds of cross-sectional data to study poverty mobility at the cohort level, we develop a procedure that works with as few as two survey rounds and produces point estimates of transitions along the welfare distribution at the more disaggregated household level. Validation using Monte Carlo simulations and real cross-sectional and actual panel survey data-from several countries, spanning different income levels and geographical regions-perform well under various deviations from model assumptions. The method could also inform investigation of other welfare outcome dynamics.
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Author Abstract: The literature on wealth inequality is expanding very fast. Wealth is usually more concentrated than income. However, traditional measures of wealth inequality are based only on private wealth, and thus exclude public pension entitlements. In this chapter, the literature on the impact of public pension entitlements on wealth inequality is discussed. Empirical research shows, that wealth inequality is significantly reduced after accounting for public pension wealth. The value of Gini index is usually reduced by 20 – 40%.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the gender gap in this pay is making a larger contribution than many work-related characteristics routinely included in studies of this nature.
Author Abstract: This paper explores the role of performance-related pay to the UK gender pay gap at the mean and across the earnings distribution. Applying decomposition methods to data from the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, we find that performance-related pay is an important but neglected factor, with the lower probability of females being employed in performance-related pay jobs explaining 12 per cent of the observed mean gender pay gap and making a larger contribution than many work-related characteristics routinely included in studies of this nature. Driven by its influence in the private sector, employment in performance-related pay jobs is more important in explaining the gender pay gap at the top end of the wage distribution, consistent with gender differences in receipt of bonus payments. Gender differences in the reward to performance-related pay jobs have a further, but more modest, role in widening the national and private sector mean gender pay gap.
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A new GLO Discussion Paper finds that the same collective emotions are evoked following similar patterns over time regardless of whether it is a health or a war shock.
Author Abstract: We know that when collective emotions are prolonged, it leads not only to action (which could be negative) but also to the formation of identity, culture, or an emotional climate. Therefore, policymakers must understand how collective emotions react to macro-level shocks to mitigate potentially violent and destructive outcomes. Given the above, our paper’s main aim is to determine the effect of macro-level shocks on collective emotions and the various stages they follow. To this end, we analyse the temporal evolution of different emotions from pre to post two different types of macro-level shocks; lockdown, a government-implemented regulation brought on by COVID-19 and the invasion of Ukraine. A secondary aim is to use narrative analysis to understand the public perceptions and concerns that lead to the observed emotional changes. To achieve these aims, we use a unique time series dataset derived from extracting tweets in real-time, filtering on specific keywords related to lockdowns (COVID-19) and the Ukrainian war for ten countries. Applying Natural Language Processing, we obtain these tweets underlying emotion scores and derive daily time series data per emotion. We compare the different emotional time series data to a counterfactual to derive changes from the norm. Additionally, we use topic modelling to explain the emotional changes. We find that the same collective emotions are evoked following similar patterns over time regardless of whether it is a health or a war shock. Specifically, we find fear is the predominant emotion before the shocks, and anger leads the emotions after the shocks, followed by sadness and fear.
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Author Abstract: This paper examines the determinants of the income share of wage earners in the non-financial, private sectors of Greece since its introduction to the Eurozone in 1999. The main outcome of the integration of Greece into the Eurozone has been the financialisation of its economy, which has been particularly influential for households since it led to the rapid rise of household indebtedness. Building on recent research within industrial relations, sociology of work, and political economy, which shows that financialisation is a key driver of wage bargaining outcomes, we demonstrate that the relative size of the FIRE sectors and the increase in household debt have been negative drivers of the wage share in Greece over the last 22 years. Our findings also suggest that the employment-tied social benefits system and tertiary education provision have also been important determinants of workers’ income share.
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A new GLO Discussion Papershows that the incorporation of change in management, employee turnover, and mean employee tenure significantly improve the model’s predictive accuracy.
Author Abstract: SME default prediction is a long-standing issue in the finance and management literature. Proper estimates of the SME risk of failure can support policymakers in implementing restructuring policies, rating agencies and credit analytics firms in assessing creditworthiness, public and private investors in allocating funds, entrepreneurs in accessing funds, and managers in developing effective strategies. Drawing on the extant management literature, we argue that introducing management- and employee-related variables into SME prediction models can improve their predictive power. To test our hypotheses, we use a unique sample of SMEs and propose a novel and more accurate predictor of SME default, the Omega Score, developed by the Least Absolute Shortage and Shrinkage Operator (LASSO). Results were further confirmed through other machine-learning techniques. Beyond traditional financial ratios and payment behavior variables, our findings show that the incorporation of change in management, employee turnover, and mean employee tenure significantly improve the model’s predictive accuracy.
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Author Abstract: The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe’s longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with pre- and post-COVID-19 samples shows that the learning loss was equal to more than one year of study. Assuming a 45-year working life of the total affected population, the economic loss in future student earnings may amount to 7.2 percent of Poland’s gross domestic product.
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Jolly, N.A., Theodoropoulos, N. Health shocks and spousal labor supply: an international perspective. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00929-7
A new GLO Discussion Paperfinds that suggests that exposure to higher intensity of air pollution in China lowers one’s proclivity for entrepreneurship.
Author Abstract: We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual’s propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our preferred model, which employs an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity arising from sorting into entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to higher intensity of air pollution lowers one’s proclivity for entrepreneurship. A one standard deviation increase in air pollution leads to a 21.2% decrease in the propensity for entrepreneurship. We also find that self-efficacy is a channel in the relationship between air pollution and entrepreneurship. In addition, education moderates the relationship between air pollution and self-efficacy.
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Author Abstract: Official statistics indicated a break in Okun’s law in all the Spanish regions due to the COVID-19 pandemic; however, herein, evidence of the validity of the law is shown. The temporary layoff procedures (ERTE) allowed many workers to maintain their jobs. From the productive point of view, the law remained in effect in the regions, showing a strong relationship between idle labour resources and economic activity, and from the social point of view, the apparent breakdown of the law can be interpreted as the implementation of a policy that mitigated the dramatic impact of the economic crisis.
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A new GLO Discussion Paperfinds that, whereas first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable wage gap, there is no evidence for such a gap for their second-generation peers.
Author Abstract: As immigrants born in developing countries and their descendants represent a growing share of the working-age population in the developed world, their labour market integration constitutes a key factor for fostering economic development and social cohesion. Using a granular, matched employer-employee database of 1.3 million observations between 1999 and 2016, our weighted multilevel log-linear regressions first indicate that in Belgium, the overall wage gap between workers born in developed countries and workers originating from developing countries remains substantial: it reaches 15.7% and 13.5% for first- and second-generation immigrants, respectively. However, controlling for a wide range of observables (e.g. age, tenure, education, type of contract, occupation, firm-level collective agreement, firm fixed effects), we find that, whereas first-generation immigrants born in developing countries still experience a sizeable adjusted wage gap (2.7%), there is no evidence of an adjusted wage gap for their second-generation peers. Moreover, our reweighted, recentered influence function Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions agree with these findings. Indeed, while the overall wage gap for first-generation immigrants born in developing countries is driven by unfavourable human capital, low-paying occupational/sectoral characteristics, and a wage structure effect (e.g. wage discrimination), the wage gap for their second-generation peers is essentially explained by the fact that they are younger and have less tenure than workers born in developed countries. Furthermore, our results emphasize the significant moderating role of geographical origin, gender, and position in the wage distribution.
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A new GLO Discussion Papershows that small business sales growth data can be used to predict the same period’s nominal gross domestic product growth in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.
Author Abstract: This study shows that the Xero Small Business Index (XSBI) monthly sales growth data can be used to predict the same period’s nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth (year-on-year) in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.1 Assuming that the small business sector can be used as a representative sample of the national economy,2 this paper presents simple equations relating the small business real-time sales growth to GDP growth indicators. One of the frustrations of GDP measurement is that it takes statistical offices many weeks to collate GDP data. This means it is often released months after the end of the relevant time period. The relationship with XSBI sales growth data, which is published more timely, could prove useful for economists and analysts as an early indication of GDP results weeks ahead of the release of official data. This analysis does not relate to using XSBI data to forecast future GDP. Rather it is to take advantage of the timeliness of XSBI data, over the national accounts release, and provide an early indication of the GDP data after the end of the relevant month/quarter but before the official GDP data is released.
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Author Abstract: What have we learned, from the most recent years of debate and analysis, of the future of work being threatened by technology? This paper presents a critical review of the empirical literature and outlines both lessons learned and challenges ahead. Far from being fully exhaustive, the review intends to highlight common findings and main differences across economic studies. According to our reading of the literature, a few challenges-and also the common factors affecting heterogeneous outcomes across studies-still stand, including (i) the variable used as a proxy for technology, (ii) the level of aggregation of the analyses, (iii) the deep heterogeneity of different types of technologies and their adopted mix, (iv) the structural differences across adopters, and (v) the actual combination of the organisational practices in place at the establishment level in affecting net job creation/destruction and work reorganisation.
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A new GLO Discussion Paperoutlines that Epictetusian rationalityprovides a basis for mental freedom and happiness, andexcludes the existence of prisoner’s dilemmas.
Author Abstract: According to Epictetus, mental freedom and happiness can be achieved by distinguishing between, on the one hand, things that are upon our control (our acts, opinions and desires), and, on the other hand, things that are not upon our control (our body, property, offi ces and reputation), and by wishing for nothing that is outside our control. This article proposes two accounts of Epictetus’s precept: the I account of Epictetus’s precept requires indifference between outcomes differing only on circumstances, whereas the IB account requires indifference between outcomes involving the best replies to circumstances. We study the implications of these precepts on the preference relation and on the existence of Epictetusian rationality. The I account implies that the preference relation satisfies in- dependence of circumstances, whereas the IB account implies robustness to dominated alternatives. Unlike the IB account, the I account rules out (counter)adaptive preferences. Finally, when examining game-theoretical implications of Epictetusian rationality, we show that the two accounts of Epictetus’s precept exclude the existence of prisoner’s dilemmas.
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Author Abstract: This paper explores the short run, medium run and long run impact of pandemic on the contact intensive entertainment industry in terms of a simple general equilibrium model that can accommodate for unemployment and underemployment. Finite change as a response to large shocks may lead to n this industry, even when pandemic is over and leads to underemployment. Pandemic tends to eliminate fixed wage contracts in this sector for its survival, but over the longer run affects fundamental occupational choice in a society.
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Author Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic and technological adjustment increased the risk of unemployment, underemployment and skills mismatch across Europe. These increased risks highlighted the importance of national unemployment benefit schemes for income security. This article examines the role of industrial relations in shaping unemployment benefit regimes in the Visegrad countries during the COVID-19 pandemic. We adopted an actor-oriented approach based on desk research and 12 semi-structured interviews with the representatives of trade unions and employers in all the Visegrad countries. Our research showed that the capacities of the trade unions and employers’ associations to shape the unemployment benefit regimes were rather limited. State control over social policy remained very strong and shaped the dynamics of industrial relations, without inclusive involvement of social partners. National governments sought to implement measures to protect employment (mainly wage subsidies), rather than to reform existing unemployment support regimes.
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The Lofoten International Symposium on Inequality and Taxation (LISIT) will take place at the Scandic Svolvær hotel, in the attractive Lofoten islands, Norway, on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th June 2023. The symposium will focus on the intertwined fields of economic inequality and taxation.
The symposium is jointly organized by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Roma Tre University, University College London CCSEE, and it is funded by the Research Council of Norway, with additional financial support provided by the Department of Law at the University of Roma Tre. GLO Fellow and GLO Country Lead Norway Roberto Iacono is involved in the organization of the event.
We invite submissions from interested researchers on any topic within the area of inequality and taxation. The deadline for submission (full papers, or extended abstract no shorter than 2 pages) is 23:59 CET on Thursday, 15th December 2022. Submissions must be done electronically using the following email: lisit2023@isa.ntnu.no.
Authors of submitted papers will be notified on the 1st February 2023. There will be no fees for presenters, and the symposium will cover 2 nights at Scandic Svolvær, lunch and coffee breaks, as well as the conference dinner on June 27th. However, presenters will be required to arrange and cover their own travel.
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Author Abstract: Across European Union (EU) labor markets, immigrant and native populations exhibit disparate labor market outcomes, signifying widespread labor market hierarchies. While significant resources have been invested in migration and integration policies, it remains unclear whether these contribute to or mitigate labor market hierarchies between natives and immigrants. Using a longitudinal model based on individual-level EU LFS and country-level DEMIG POLICY and POLMIG databases, we explore variation in changes of immigration and integration policies across Western EU member states to study how they are associated with labor market hierarchies in terms of unemployment and employment quality gaps between immigrant and native populations. Our findings imply that designing less restrictive policies may help mitigate immigrant-native labor market hierarchies by reducing existing labor market disadvantages of immigrants and making the most of their potential.
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A new GLO Discussion Papersuggests that both immigrants and asylum seekers increase the informal sector at destination; while the effect is about four times larger for asylum seekers than for immigrants, both are very small.
Author Abstract: This article assesses the impact of immigrant and asylum seeker in ows on the size of the informal sector in host countries from a macroeconomic perspective. We use two indicators of informality provided by Medina and Schneider (2019) and Elgin and Oztunali (2012) combined with migration data from the OECD International Migration Database and data on asylum seeker ows from the UNHCR for the period 1997-2017. We estimate a first-difference model, instrumenting immigrant and asylum seeker ows by their predicted values derived from the estimation of a pseudo-gravity model. Results suggest that both immigrant and asylum seeker in ows increase the size of the informal sector at destination, but the size of the effect is very small: a one percentage point increase in the stock of immigrants as a share of population leads to an increase of the informal sector as a share of GDP of 0.05-0.06 percentage points. Unsurprisingly, the effect is about four times larger for asylum seeker ows, but remains economically insignificant. We investigate several potential channels, and find that integration policies do matter. We find no impact of imported norms or institutions, but rather that the effect is larger in destination countries with a large informal sector. Finally, we estimate a VAR model and find that the impact of in ows on informality is long-lasting.
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
GLO Fellow Alessandra Michelangeli with the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies in Economics, Psychology and Social Sciences (CISEPS) is organizing an international workshop on Tackling Inequality: Challenges, Research, and Policies, which will take place in Milan on the 14th April 2023.
23 December 2022 – Deadline for extended abstract submission (min 500 words)
The dramatic global challenges request close collaborations between scientist around the world and those interested in evidence-based policymaking supporting global welfare. GLO has a particular mission for this. The event serves this purpose.
But 2022 is also the year of Jacob Mincer’s 100th birthday, 30 years after the Nobel Prize for Gary Becker in Population Economics; it completes 35 years of publishing the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) and 5 years of GLO; and the world population reached 8 billion on November 15. Good reasons for reflecting the path of the discipline.
The GLO Global Conference Dec. 1-3, 2022, was mostly online and around time and space; some sessions were hybrid (in-person & online). We had invited and contributed, plenary and parallel, research and policy panel sessions. In-person sessions are explicitly marked.
Celebration of 35 years of the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE)
Presentation of the JOPE2023 Kuznets Prize with introduction by Ashwini Deshpande
Sessions with Handbook Chapters from “Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics”
Sessions/workshops on Alzheimer’s disease, Reconstruction of Ukraine, Gender Diversity, China, India, Migration and Happiness, among others
4 sessions with candidates from the ASSA 2023 jobmarket
David Card, Oded Galor and Jim Heckman on “The path of population economics”
Sergei Guriev, Alexander Kritikos, Andreu Mas-Colell, Jonathan Portes, Reinhilde Veugelers and Klaus F. Zimmermann on “Globalization & Networking”
Technical issues to notice:
In-person & online sessions; 24 hours on three days
All sessions are 2 hours long with 4-6 papers each (4 papers: 20 min + 10 Q&A; 5 papers: 17 min +7 Q&A; 6 papers: 15 min + 5 Q&A).
Authors marked bold in the program are scheduled to present
Participation in all online and in-person sessions through Zoom possible
In-person sessions to attend locally upon special invitations.
No fees for presenters and all other participants.
ALL online conference participation through Zoom: NOW TERMINATED
For ALL participants: Invited, contributed speakers & other participants: No prior registration.
Zoom access codes are provided in the program shown below. Just click the link when you wish to enter the room of a particular session.
Most of the sessions take place in ROOM I; a number of sessions are in ROOM II and ROOM VI. Their entry link is the same throughout the whole event. You can stay, leave or return as you wish.
ROOM III, IV and V are only used once.
Please convert the CET Berlin time zone schedule used here to your local time! You may wish to use the Time Zone Converter.
Questions: Office@glabor.org
Call for contributed papers/sessions: CLOSED
The Program Committee has been: GLO Director Matloob Piracha (Chair), Cynthia Bansak, Shihe Fu, Massimiliano Tani and Guy Tchuente.
Papers or extended abstracts were sent with deadline November 15, 2022. Open until midnight on US east coast time = midnight CET Berlin + 6 hours.
All decisions are communicated.
Junior researchers on the ASSA Job Market 2023 – get attention for your work! — SUBMISSION CLOSED!
4 sessions with PhD students on the job market at ASSA 2023 include their job market papers or advanced thesis chapters.
Papers presented relate to labor, demography, health or human resources issues broadly defined. Proposals submitted included a paper or extended abstract and a CV either per link or as attachment.
The submission deadline was November 15 and the decision was communicated by November 24.
The sessions are scheduled on Friday December 2 and Saturday December 3 (see draft program below).
The Organizing Committee of the GLO Global Conference 2022 included: M Niaz Asadullah, Alessio Brown, Xi Chen, Amelie Constant, Matloob Piracha, Martin Kahanec, Xiangbo Liu, Olena Nizalova, Andreas Oberheitmann, Sergio Scicchitano, Kompal Sinha, Michaella Vanore, Le Wang, Klaus F. Zimmermann, Laura V. Zimmermann.
Final Program
Day 0: Wednesday November 30, 2022; 16:00-17:15 CET Berlin time (10:00-11:15 am ET)
Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. Global research insights were provided in a launch of a special issue of China CDC Weekly focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) worldwide with Xi Chen (Yale University and GLO, Editor of the Journal of Population Economics) as guest editor. Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center was organizing together with China CDC Weekly and the Global Labor Organizationa launch event as a pre-conference event of the GLO Global Conference 2022.
Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias worldwide
Piracha, M., Tani, Max, Cheng, Z., Wang, BZ. Social assimilation and immigrants’ labour market outcomes. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00883-w OPEN ACCESS
Carillo, M.R., Lombardo, Vincenzo & Venittelli, T. Social identity and labor market outcomes of immigrants. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00920-2 OPEN ACCESS
Giulietti, C., Rettore, E. & Tonini, S. The chips are down: the influence of family on children’s trust formation. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-022-00921-1 OPEN ACCESS
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Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 11:30 – 13:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Dzhumashev, Ratbek, Tursunalieva, A. Social externalities, endogenous childcare costs, and fertility choice. J Popul Econ (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00885-8 OPEN ACCESS
Kramarz, F., Rosenqvist, Olof & Skans, O.N. How family background shapes the relationship between human capital and fertility. J Popul Econ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00834-5 OPEN ACCESS
Bertoli, Paola, Grembi, V. & Nguyen, T.L.B. Birth outcomes in hard times among minority ethnic groups. J Popul Econ (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00148-021-00829-2 OPEN ACCESS
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Affiliated Conference: Migration and Happiness; Istanbul/Turkey, December 1 – 2 at the Turkish-German University. Istanbul is 2 hours ahead of CET Berlin. Conference starts 11:30 CET Berlin = 13:30 Istanbul. – Time Zone Converter
PANEL: The path of population economics Chair: Oded Galor, Brown University Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Economic Growth and Editor of the Journal of Population Economics; 2022 author of “The Journey of Humanity” – GLO Interview; GLO book presentation.
David Card, University of California at Berkeley 2021 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Jim Heckman, University of Chicago 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences
Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT & GLO Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Population Economics
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Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 16:30 – 18:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Journal of Population Economics Issue 1/2023: JOPE III – Marriage & Fertility Chair: Xi Chen, Yale University, Editor JOPE Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy the Video of the event
Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 16:30 – 18:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
CEU-GLO-CEPR Workshop on the Reconstruction of Ukraine Join Zoom Meeting ROOM III https://ceu-edu.zoom.us/j/93491198448?pwd=bllrS0Q4dUdKSG1Ub3p1OGp2b1lXUT09
Hosted by the Department of Public Policy at Central European University (CEU) in collaboration with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) as a part of the GLO Global Conference 2022.
Format: Hybrid (On-site for the Vienna audience, online public access)
Venue: Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, Vienna, Austria
Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 19:00 – 21:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Francesco Pastore in memoriam: School-to-work Transitions. Research Session. Organizer & Chair: Sergio Scicchitano, INAPP & John Cabot University & Misbah Choudhry Tanveer, Lahore University of Management Sciences Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy the Video of the event
Introduction: Klaus F. Zimmermann, Sergio Scicchitano, Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca Obituary: Forthcoming International Journal of Manpower
Evaluating the Youth Guarantee Incentive: Evidence from employer-employee data Irene Brunetti (Inapp), Andrea Ricci (Inapp)
Does success stem from non-STEM field? Antonella Rocca, Claudio Quintano
Determinants of Job-finding intentions among young adults from 11 European countries Francisco Simoes, Jale Tosun and Antonella Rocca
The Francesco Pastore’s idea to enlarge the role of business in high education and in the labour market expanding permanent and recurrent training Claudio Quintano, Antonella Rocca
Federica Alfani, Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini, Enzo Valentini Once NEET, Always NEET? A Synthetic Panel Approach to Analyze the Moroccan Labor Market, World Bank Policy Research Working Paper No. 9238.
Sometimes it works: The effect of a reform of the short vocational track on school-to-work transition Simona Comi
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Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 21:30 – 23:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Research Paper Session. Issues in Labor Economics. (3:30 – 5:30pm NYT time zone) Organizer & Chair: Amelie Constant, University of Pennsylvania Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy the Video of the event
Do Economists Have a Sense of Justice? Guillermina Jasso(New York University)
The Impact of Selection into the Labor Force on the Gender Wage Gap Francine D. Blau (Cornell University), Lawrence M. Kahn (Cornell University), Nikolai Boboshko (Cornerstone Research), Matthew Comey (Cornell University)
The Impact of China’s One-Child Exemptions on Mating, Work, and the Gender Wage Gap Solomon W. Polachek (Binghampton University), Jiani Gao (Binghampton University)
Goodbye Norway: Testing Neoclassical versus Other Theories of Emigration Amelie Constant (University of Pennsylvania), Astri Syse (National Institutes of Health), Marianne Tønnessen (Oslo Metropolitan University)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022; CET Berlin time
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 24:00 – 02:00 CET Berlin (10-12 am Sydney time) – Time Zone Converter
Research Paper Session: Population, Personality and Policy Organizer & Chair: Kompal Sinha, Macquarie University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I – no recording
Gentrifying Cities, Amenities and Income Segregation: Evidence from San Francisco Hasin Yousaf (University of New South Wales)
Retirement and Locus of Control Rong Zhu (Flinders University)
Economics of taxing sugar sweetened beverages Anurag Sharma (University of New South Wales)
Electricity markets crisis Rabindra Nepal (University of Wollongong)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 02:30 – 04:30 CET Berlin (9:30-11:30 am Beijing time) – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session I. Chair: Sisi Zhang, Jinan University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I – no recording
The Demography of the Great Migration in China Rufei Guo (Wuhan University), Junsen Zhang (Zhejiang University), Minghai Zhou (Zhejiang University)
Family Size and Child Migration: Do Daughters Face Greater Trade-Offs than Sons? Christine Ho (Singapore Management University), Yutao Wang (Singapore Management University), Sharon Xuejing Zuo (Fudan University)
Rising Family Income Inequality: Putting the Pieces Together Sisi Zhang (Jinan University)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 02:30 – 04:30 CET Berlin (9:30-11:30 am Beijing time) – Time Zone Converter
Local only: Beijing, Renmin University of China (RUC) – no recording 5th RUC-GLO joint research conference on Chinese Labor Markets Organizer & Chair: Xiangbo Liu, RUC
Gender Differences in Reactions to Failure in High-Stakes Competition: Evidence from the National College Entrance Exam Retakes Ziteng Lei (Renmin University of China )
Cutting Cakes and Making Cakes: Experiment Evidence for Financial Education and Labor Supply of Rural Women in China Yaojing Wang (Peking University)
Can All Humans Benefit from AI Assistance? Relative Advantage and Algorithm Aversion Zeyang Chen (Renmin University of China )
The Tenure-Track System and Academic Research Productivity: Evidence from Reforms in Chinese Universities Wei Huang (Peking University)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 05:00 – 07:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session II. Chair: Jinyang Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I – no recording
Parenting During the Pandemic: An Analysis of the Time Use of Parents as K-12 Schools Reopened in the United States Cynthia Bansak (St. Lawrence University), Yue Bao (Jinan University), Jun Hyung Kim (Jinan University)
Disability and Labour Market Outcomes in Pakistan: An Empirical analysis from the Latest Round of Labour Force Survey Zubaira Andlib (Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science and Technology)
Income and Happiness: A Field Experiment in China Jinyang Yang (Huazhong University of Science and Technology)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 05:00 – 07:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
GLO Virtual Young Scholars (GLO VirtYS) Alumni Session Paper Abstracts Organizer & Chair: Olena Nizalova, University of Kent, VirtYS Program Director Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II — no recording
The intended and unintended consequences of large electricity subsidies: evidence from Mongolia Odmaa Narantungala
Climate Change, Food Productivity, and Adaptation in Production Network Soumya Pal
Consequences of Family Planning Policies on Gender Gap in Breastfeeding Jun Hyung Kim with co-authors Yong Cai, Minhee Chae, Jun Hyung Kim & William Lavely
Learning the Right Skill: The Returns to Cognitive, Social and Technical skills for Middle Educated Graduates Femke Cnossen
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 07:30 – 09:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Using Social and Behavioural Science to Support COVID-19 Pandemic Response Veronica Cucchiarini,Pete Lunn, Deirdre Robertson, Riccardo Viale
COVID-19 and Inequalities Federica Alfani, Fabio Clementi, Michele Fabiani, Vasco Molini, Francesco Schettino
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Affiliated Conference: Migration and Happiness; Istanbul/Turkey, December 1 – 2 at the Turkish-German University. Istanbul is 2 hours ahead of CET Berlin. Conference starts 07:30 CET Berlin = 09:30 Istanbul. – Time Zone Converter
Organizer & Chair: Alpaslan Akay, University of Gothenburg & GLO
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 10:00 – 12:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session III. Chair: Milena Nikolova, University of Groningen Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
Monetary compensation schemes during the COVID-19 pandemic: Implications for household incomes, liquidity constraints and consumption across the EU Michael Christl (Joint Research Center, European Commission), Silvia De Poli (JRC Seville), Francesco Figari (University of Insubria), Tine Hufkens (JRC Seville), Andrea Papini (JRC Seville), Alberto Tumino (Joint Research Centre, European Commission)
Does cutting child benefits reduce fertility in larger families? Evidence from the UK’s two-child limit Jonathan Portes (King’s College London ) and Mary Reader (London School of Economics)
Do Classical Studies Open your Mind? Giorgio Brunello (University of Padova), Piero Esposito (University of Cassino and Southern Lazio), Lorenzo Rocco (University of Padova), Sergio Scicchitano, (National Institute for Public Policies Analysis)
Robots, meaning, and self-determination Milena Nikolova, Femke Cnossen (University of Groningen), Boris Nikolaev (Colorado State University)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 10:00 – 12:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Academia Europaea (AE)-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium: online only, public Friday December 2, 2022 – 10.00 – 12.00 CET Berlin = Vienna time. MORE DETAILS. Join Zoom Meeting ROOM IV No prior registration. Organizer & Chair: Martin Kahanec, CEU
The online symposium is hosted by the Department of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in collaboration with Academia Europaea, Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) as a part of the GLO Global Conference 2022.
Mandatory Wage Posting, Bargaining and the Gender Wage Gap Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
Management Practices and Productivity: Does Employee Representation Play a Moderating Role? Uwe Jirjahn(University of Trier)
Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship Graziella Bertocchi(Universita’ di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
Climate Variability, Female Empowerment, and Household Employment Decisions Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies)
Note: The symposium is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Drèze, a long-standing member of Academia Europaea (since 1989), who passed away on September 25, 2022.
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 10:00 – 12:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Online Research Paper Session: Trust & Inequality, UNU-MERIT, Maastricht Organizer & Chair: Michaella Vanore, UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University
Join Zoom MeetingROOM V — no recording
Globalization and Trust in Government Jo Ritzen (UNU-MERIT)
Do pandemics Lead to Rebellion? Policy Responses to COVID-19, Inequality and Protests in the USA Bruno Martorano (UNU-MERIT)
Turning COVID-19 Vaccines into Vaccinations in Sub-Saharan Africa: Evidence from Panel Survey Data Yannick Markof (UNU-MERIT)
Unequal Outcomes of Women’s Empowerment in Colombia: A Multidimensional Approach Zina Nimeh (UNU-MERIT)
Breaking Down Menstrual Health Barriers in Bangladesh Lonneke Nillesen (UNU-MERIT)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 12:30 – 14:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Research Paper Session: Gender Diversity Chair: Nick Drydakis, Anglia Ruskin University Joint GLO – Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) Session. Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy the Video of the event
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 15:00 – 17:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Research Paper Session: Migration and Identity Organizer & Chair: Matloob Piracha, University of Kent Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy the Video of the event
Bansak, C., Dziadula, E., Zavodny, Madeline: The Value of a Green Card in the U.S. Marriage Market: A Tale of Chain Migration?
Gang, Ira, Khamis, M., Landon‐Lane, J.: Migration and Household Informal Activity.
Cai, Shu, Zimmermann, K.F.: Social Assimilation and Labor Market Outcomes of Internal Migrant Workers.
Randazzo, Teresa, Piracha, M.: Ethnic Identity and Educational Aspirations
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 17:30 – 19:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
PANEL Globalization & Networking. About the future path of globalization, the role of networking and the contribution of the scientific community. Chair: Alexander Kritikos, DIW Berlin, member of the DIW Berlin Executive Board
Andreu Mas-Colell Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Minister of Economy and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia; book: Microeconomic Theory, org. publ. 1995, et al.
Jonathan Portes King’s College London, former Chief Economist of the UK government & former Director of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research; book: 50 Capitalism Ideas You Really Need to Know, 2016
Reinhilde Veugelers University of Leuven & Bruegel; former advisor at the European Commission, served on the ERC Scientific Council
Klaus F. Zimmermann GLO President & UNU-MERIT; former Program Director CEPR, Founding Director of IZA, Past-President DIW Berlin
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 20:00 – 22:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session IV. Chair: Eva Dziadula, University of Notre Dame Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
The Occupations of Free Women and Substitution with Enslaved Workers in the Antebellum United States Barry Chiswick & RaeAnn Robinson (George Washington University)
Who is Doing the Chores and Childcare in Dual-earner Couples during the COVID-19 Era of Working from Home? Victoria Vernon (Empire State College)
Learning Inequalities during COVID-19: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys from Sub-Saharan Africa Hai-Anh Dang (World Bank)
The Tragedy of the Commons and Population Growth: Can Trade Prevent Economic Collapse? Maurice Schiff(IZA)
Assessing the Impact of Granting Driving Privileges to Undocumented Migrants on Traffic Safety Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes (University of California – Merced) and Eva Dziadula, (University of Notre Dame)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 20:00 – 22:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session V. Chair: Alexander Yarkin (Brown University) Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II — no recording
COVID-19 and the Future of Work Phil Lord (McGill University)
Return migration and children’s education: The USA Mexico case Avinandan Chakraborty (Colgate University), Jose Bucheli (New Mexico State University), Matias Fontenla (University of New Mexico)
Household Production Effects of Non-Wage Benefits and Working Conditions in Ghana Emmanuel Orkoh (North-West University)
Job Satisfaction Gender Gaps in Europe Giuseppe Lubrano Lavadera (Link Campus University) and Nunzia Nappo (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II)
Learning from the Origins Alexander Yarkin (Brown University)
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Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22:30 – 24:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone ConverterThis is 15:30-17:30 (Central Standard Time, USA).
ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 3). Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma
ASSA I: Child Outcomes. Chair: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
Osaretin Olurotimi (University of Wisconsin-Madison, olurotimi@wisc.edu), “The Effect of Conflict on Children’s Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Uganda” Personal Website
Richard Cole Campbell (University of Illinois at Chicago, rcampb25@uic.edu), “Need for Speed: Fiber and Student Achievement” Personal Website
Vinitha Rachel Varghese (University of Illinois Chicago, vvargh2@uic.edu), “Impact Of School Consolidation On Enrollment and Achievement: Evidence From India” Personal Website
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22:30 – 24:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone ConverterThis is 15:30-17:30 (Central Standard Time, USA).
ASSA II: Implications of Public Policies. Chair: Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II — no recording
Seunghoon Lee (MIT, shoonlee@mit.edu), “Low-Hanging Fruit: The Benefits and Costs of a Small Food Waste Tax and Implications for Climate Change” Personal Website
Shogher Ohannessian (University of Illinois Chicago, sohann2@uic.edu), “The Effect of the SSI Student Earned Income Exclusion on Education and Labor Supply” Personal Website
Pablo A. Troncoso (University of Georgia, Pablo.Troncoso@uga.edu), “Employment Effect of Means-Tested Program: Evidence from a Pension Reform in Chile” Personal Website
Oscar Galvez-Soriano (University of Houston, ogalvezs@central.uh.edu), “Impact of English instruction on labor market outcomes: The case of Mexico” Personal Website
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 01:00 – 03:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session VI. Chair: Elsa Fontainha, ISEG Universidade de Lisboa Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
What the Mean Measures of Mobility Miss: Learning About Intergenerational Mobility from Conditional Variance Md Nazmul Ahsan (Saint Louis University), M. Emran (Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University), Hanchen Jiang (University of North Texas), Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)
Unintended Bottleneck and Essential Nonlinearity: Understanding the Effects of Public Primary School Expansion on Intergenerational Educational Mobility Md Nazmul Ahsan (Saint Louis University), M. Emran (Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University), Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)
When Measures Conflict: Towards a Better Understanding of Intergenerational Educational Mobility Md Nazmul Ahsan (Saint Louis University), M. Emran (Initiative for Policy Dialogue at Columbia University), Hanchen Jiang (University of North Texas), Orla Murphy (Dalhousie University), Forhad Shilpi (World Bank)
Covid-19 in Africa: threat to financial and material households resources Elsa Fontainha (ISEG Universidade de Lisboa)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 01:00 – 03:00 CET Berlin (8-10 am Malaysia time) – Time Zone Converter
Inequality and Public Policy in AsiaCOMPLETE SESSION DETAILS Organizer & Chair: M Niaz Asadullah, Monash University Malaysia Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II Enjoy the Video of the event
Session Overview: This session brings scholars from Southeast Asia to deliberate on the state of income inequality in the region. Papers selected are part of a GLO special issue edited by GLO SE Asia Cluster Lead, in collaboration with Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia. The session will be also attended by all other contributors to the Special Issue as well as Chief Editor of the Jurnal Ekonomi Malaysia and other members of the editorial team.
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 03:30 – 05:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 06:00 – 08:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session VII. Chair: Gouranga Das, Hanyang University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
Coping Strategies in the Face of Major Life Events: New Insights into Financial Wellbeing in Australia John de New (University of Melbourne)
The Wage Impact of Immigration into the UK after the Great Recession (2009-2020) Deboshree Ghosh (University of Malaya) and Heather Dickey (Queen’s University Belfast)
Growth of Youth Population in India With and Without Jobs: Evidence from the Census and Periodic Labour Force Survey K. Ramesh Kumar (Alagappa University)
Long way to go before they sleep: Unravelling commuting time from India’s Time Use Survey Sila Mishra (IIT-Kanpur)
Contact-intensity, Disruptions in the Cultural Sector and Wage Inequality: A Model of Covid-19 crisis and its impacts Sugata Marjit (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) and Gouranga Das (Hanyang University)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 08:30 – 10:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session VIII. Chair: Marco Guerrazzi (University of Genoa) Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
Do Alternative Work Arrangements Substitute Standard Employment? Evidence from Worker-Level Data Filippo Passerini(Catholic University of Milan)
Cousins from Overseas: The Labour Market Impact of a Major Forced Return Migration Shock Lara Bohnet, Susana Peralta, Joao Pereira dos Santos (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Who’s Got the Power? Wage Determination and its Resilience in the Great Recession Hugo de Almeida Vilares (London School of Economics) and Hugo Reis (Banco de Portugal)
In-work Poverty in Portugal: An analysis using EU-SILC data Elsa Fontainha, Ines Santos (ISEG Universidade de Lisboa)
Optimal Growth with Labour Market Frictions Marco Guerrazzi (University of Genoa)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 11:00 – 13:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
The Future Economics of Artificial Intelligence: Mythical Agents, a Singleton and the Dark Forest, Wim Naudé(RWTH Aachen University, Germany; University of Johannesburg, South Africa; POP UNU-MERIT and GLO)
Is self-employment for migrants? Evidence from Italy, Marianna Brunetti (University of Rome Tor Vergata, CEIS and CEFIN) and Anzelika Zaiceva (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, GLO, POP UNU-MERIT and IZA)
Making Subsidies Work: Rules vs. Discretion, Paolo Pinotti (Bocconi University), Filippo Palomba (Princeton) and Federico Cingano (Banca d’Italia), Enrico Rettore (University of Padova, FBK-IRVAPP, IZA POP UNU-MERIT, and GLO)
Gender-Specific Application Behavior, Matching, and the Residual Gender Earnings Gap, Benjamin Lochner (Institute for Employment Research (IAB) and University Erlangen-Nürnberg), Christian Merkl (Institute for Employment Research (IAB), University Erlangen-Nürnberg and GLO)
Labor Market Regulations and Female Labor Force Participation: New Cross-Country Evidence, Nauro F. Campos (University College London, IZA, POP UNU-MERIT and GLO), Jeffrey B. Nugent, University of Southern (California and IZA), Zheng Zhang (University of Southern California).
Measuring labour and skills shortages using online job posting data in Canada, Kashyap Arora (Labour Market Information Council – Conseil de l’Information sur le Marché du Travail, LMIC/CIMT), Anne-Lore Fraikin (Labour Market Information Council – Conseil de l’Information sur le Marché du Travail, LMIC/CIMT, POP UNU-MERIT and GLO), Sukriti Trehan (Labour Market Information Council – Conseil de l’Information sur le Marché du Travail, LMIC/CIMT).
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 16:00 – 18:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter
Contributed Paper Session IX. Chair: Harry Patrinos(World Bank) Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I — no recording
Can HIV/AIDS Treatment Hurt Women? Evidence from Malawi Miranda Mendiola Valdez (University of Connecticut)
The Cultural Role of Rice Cultivation in Female Workforce Participation in India Gautam Hazarika (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
How Hours Worked Affect Married Female Workers’ Marital Stability? Zhehui Zheng (Northeastern University)
Unemployment insurance generosity and labor supply – Evidence from the COVID-19 recession Swapnil Motghare (University of Notre Dame)
Does trust create trust? The effect of trust on autonomy and influence in the workplace Odelia Heizler (Tel Aviv-Yaffo Academic College) and Osnat Israeli (Ashkelon Academic College)
An Analysis of COVID-19 Student Learning Loss Harry Patrinos (World Bank)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 16:00 – 18:00 CET Berlin – Time Zone Converter FOM Research Paper Session Organizer & Chair: Andreas Oberheitmann, FOM University of Applied Sciences Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II Enjoy the Video of the event
Management mediation in China
Xiaojuan Ma
The equity markets of the BRICS and the world: raw material suppliers vs manufacturing economies Angi Rösch, Harald Schmidbauer
Common, but differentiated responsibilities” in a new international climate regime based on cumulated per-capita emission rights Andreas Oberheitmann
Concentration and Co-Location of Retail Stores in Germany – An empirical Study using Data from Social Networks Sascha Frohwerk
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18:30 – 20:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone ConverterThis is 11:30-13:30 (Central Time, USA).
ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 2). Zoom links will be available early in the conference week. Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma
ASSA III: Health Economics. Chair:Bingxiao Wu, Rutgers University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I no recording
Meiqing Ren (University of Illinois at Chicago, mren8@uic.edu), “Is Health Insurance a Barrier to Women’s Entrepreneurship? Evidence from State Infertility Insurance Mandates in the United States” Personal Website
Jaclyn Yap (Fordham University, jyap4@fordham.edu), “The Heterogeneous Effects of Climate-related Disasters on Child Health: Evidence from Indonesia” Personal Website
Malabi Dass (Oklahoma State, malabi.dass@okstate.edu), “The Nexus between Trade, Women labor force participation and Child Health: The Case of Indonesia”, Personal Website
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18:30 – 20:30 CET Berlin – Time Zone ConverterThis is 11:30-13:30 (Central Time, USA).
ASSA IV: Labor and Urban Markets. Chair: Fan Wang, University of Houston Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II — no recording
Minseon Park (University of Wisconsin-Madison, mpark88@wisc.edu), “Location Choice, Commuting, and School Choice” Personal Website
Anjali Chandra (Fordham University, achandra7@fordham.edu), “The Roadblocks to Success: Evidence from India’s Road Construction Program” Personal Website
Heejin Kim (UIUC, heejink2@illinois.edu), “The Effects of a Local Improvement on Housing Markets and Neighborhoods: Evidence from Chicago” Personal Website
Nazanin Sedaghatkish (Virginia Tech, nazanins@vt.edu), “Identification of Loan Effects on Personal Finance: A Case for Small U.S. Entrepreneurs” Personal Website
The GLO Global Conference 2022 took place online (and selectively also in-person) around the globe for 24 hours on December 1-3 with a pre-conference event on November 30, 2022. Online participation was free: FULL Program.
The GLO Global Conference 2022 program also announces 4 sessions of ASSA Job Market 2023 candidates presenting their work on December 2 & 3. By providing this opportunity, GLO promotes placement activities of junior researchers.
The ASSA Job Market 2023 program was put together by Le Wang, University of Oklahoma. It is also provided below.
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Updated December 7, 2022.
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22.30 – 24.30 CET Berlin time zone
ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 3). Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma
ASSA I: Child Outcomes. Chair: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I
Osaretin Olurotimi (University of Wisconsin-Madison, olurotimi@wisc.edu), “The Effect of Conflict on Children’s Learning Outcomes: Evidence from Uganda” Personal Website
Richard Cole Campbell (University of Illinois at Chicago, rcampb25@uic.edu), “Need for Speed: Fiber and Student Achievement” Personal Website
Vinitha Rachel Varghese (University of Illinois Chicago, vvargh2@uic.edu), “Impact Of School Consolidation On Enrollment and Achievement: Evidence From India” Personal Website
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22.30 – 24.30 CET Berlin time zone
ASSA II: Implications of Public Policies. Chair: Tyler Ransom, University of Oklahoma Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II
Seunghoon Lee (MIT, shoonlee@mit.edu), “Low-Hanging Fruit: The Benefits and Costs of a Small Food Waste Tax and Implications for Climate Change” Personal Website
Shogher Ohannessian (University of Illinois Chicago, sohann2@uic.edu), “The Effect of the SSI Student Earned Income Exclusion on Education and Labor Supply” Personal Website
Pablo A. Troncoso (University of Georgia, Pablo.Troncoso@uga.edu), “Employment Effect of Means-Tested Program: Evidence from a Pension Reform in Chile” Personal Website
Oscar Galvez-Soriano (University of Houston, ogalvezs@central.uh.edu), “Impact of English instruction on labor market outcomes: The case of Mexico” Personal Website
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18.30 – 20.30 CET Berlin time zone
ASSA Job Market 2023: Presentations of Candidates on the ASSA jobmarket Research Presentations. 2 parallel online sessions (plus 2 more see Day 2). Zoom links will be available early in the conference week. Organizer: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma
ASSA III: Health Economics. Chair:Bingxiao Wu, Rutgers University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I
Meiqing Ren (University of Illinois at Chicago, mren8@uic.edu), “Is Health Insurance a Barrier to Women’s Entrepreneurship? Evidence from State Infertility Insurance Mandates in the United States” Personal Website
Jaclyn Yap (Fordham University, jyap4@fordham.edu), “The Heterogeneous Effects of Climate-related Disasters on Child Health: Evidence from Indonesia” Personal Website
Malabi Dass (Oklahoma State, malabi.dass@okstate.edu), “The Nexus between Trade, Women labor force participation and Child Health: The Case of Indonesia”, Personal Website
Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18.30 – 20.30 CET Berlin time zone
ASSA IV: Labor and Urban Markets. Chair: Fan Wang, University of Houston Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II
Minseon Park (University of Wisconsin-Madison, mpark88@wisc.edu), “Location Choice, Commuting, and School Choice” Personal Website
Anjali Chandra (Fordham University, achandra7@fordham.edu), “The Roadblocks to Success: Evidence from India’s Road Construction Program” Personal Website
Heejin Kim (UIUC, heejink2@illinois.edu), “The Effects of a Local Improvement on Housing Markets and Neighborhoods: Evidence from Chicago” Personal Website
Nazanin Sedaghatkish (Virginia Tech, nazanins@vt.edu), “Identification of Loan Effects on Personal Finance: A Case for Small U.S. Entrepreneurs” Personal Website
Research on India was presented in various sessions during the GLO Global Conference 2022, December 1-3. Information below. To inspect selected videos of the conference sessions see the links below.
Updated December 7, 2022.
Day 1: Thursday December 1, 2022 – 14.00 – 16.00 CET Berlin time zone!
Moderator: Michaella Vanore, UNU-MERIT & Maastricht University, Managing Editor JOPE Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I Enjoy theVideo of the event
14.00-15.00
35 Years of JOPE: How it began – Klaus F. Zimmermann, UNU-MERIT & GLO UNU-MERIT & GLO, Editor-in-Chief JOPE
Remarks from the publisher: Martina Bihn, Publishing Director Journals, Business, Economics & Statistics at Springer Nature
Abstract:This paper revisits a part of the analysis by Banerjee et al. (2020), in which they examine the consequences of the nation-wide scale up of reforms to the funds management system (e-FMS) in India’s national workfare programme, using a two-way fixed effects specification. They report a substantial 19 percent reduction in labour expenditures. We exploit the recent literature that highlights the limitations of the TWFE estimator in the presence of staggered roll out and effect a Goodman-Bacon decomposition of the TWFE coefficient, to pinpoint sources of identifying variation. We undertake a detailed examination of subsamples of six constituent and valid DiDs based on timing of treatment that are averaged into the TWFE coefficient to identify heterogeneity in treatment effects. This disaggregated subsample analysis does not support the conclusion of any reductions in MGNREGS labour expenditures, suggesting that the TWFE coefficient based on the full sample is indeed biased.
Distributional Implications of Bank Branch Expansions: Evidence from India Kanika Mahajan
Abstract:How does financial development affect firm performance? We exploit a nationwide branch expansion policy in India targeted towards private banks to examine this question. The policy classified districts as “underbanked” if their ex-ante bank branch density was less than the national average. Extending a regression discontinuity design based on the change in districts’ underbanked status at the national average threshold, we find large increases in capital expenditures and credit growth by manufacturing establishments in underbanked districts. The increase in capital spending is driven by small and young establishments, who are also most likely to be credit constrained. An examination of mechanisms points to the improved ability of private banks to effectively screen borrowers and lend to small establishments with limited collateral, but high ex-ante returns to capital. Our findings show that financial deepening can aid in the relaxation of credit constraints in developing economies with imperfect capital and credit markets.
Contraceptive Usage and Fertility: What Happens When Doorstep Access Comes at a Price? Somdeep Chatterjee
Abstract: Contraceptive usage usually increases with easier access but evidently decreases as prices rise. We study a unique policy from India where home delivery of minimally priced contraceptives replaced the practice of acquiring contraceptives free of cost from village centers. Using a quasi-experimental estimation framework, we find that this intervention led to higher usage of contraceptives and lower fertility, potentially attributable to easier access. However, households substitute away from the priced modern contraception methods towards traditional or permanent forms of contraception, for which prices remained unchanged, reflecting a revealed preference towards costless contraception or high fixed-cost but low variable-cost based methods. From the perspective of health care policy, while door-to-door delivery is a disruptive innovation in the market for health care which should ideally improve convenience for consumers; the actual welfare consequences remain ambiguous due to the potentially inefficient substitution patterns resulting from a highly elastic demand for these products at very low levels of price.
Abstract: Governments and NGOs have invested heavily in fighting corruption by designing anti-poverty programs that maximize transparency and accountability. We analyze whether corruption is still widespread in the context of one such program, a massive make-work scheme in India where every job spell is posted publicly online. Linking millions of administrative job records to local election outcomes, we measure how many jobs they self-deal. In the year after the election, winners of close elections receive 3 times as many workdays as losers and typical villagers. We find that corruption persists because of a gap between de jure and actual transparency. Only when citizens have tools to access information in a timely manner does corruption eventually vanish.
Single papers in various sessions:
Day 2: Friday December 2, 2022 – 22.30 – 24.30 CET Berlin time zone!
ASSA I: Child Outcomes. Chair: Le Wang, University of Oklahoma Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I
5. Vinitha Rachel Varghese (University of Illinois Chicago, vvargh2@uic.edu), “Impact Of School Consolidation On Enrollment and Achievement: Evidence From India” Personal Website
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 06.00 – 08.00 CET Berlin time zone!
Contributed Paper Session VI. Chair: Gouranga Das, Hanyang University Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I
Growth of Youth Population in India With and Without Jobs: Evidence from the Census and Periodic Labour Force Survey K. Ramesh Kumar (Alagappa University)
Long way to go before they sleep: Unravelling commuting time from India’s Time Use Survey Sila Mishra (IIT-Kanpur)
Contact-intensity, Disruptions in the Cultural Sector and Wage Inequality: A Model of Covid-19 crisis and its impacts Sugata Marjit (Indian Institute of Foreign Trade) and Gouranga Das (Hanyang University)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 16.00 – 18.00 CET Berlin time zone!
Contributed Paper Session VIII. Chair: Harry Patrinos(World Bank) Join Zoom Meeting ROOM I
The Cultural Role of Rice Cultivation in Female Workforce Participation in India Gautam Hazarika (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley)
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Day 3: Saturday December 3, 2022 – 18.30 – 20.30 CET Berlin time zone!
ASSA IV: Labor and Urban Markets. Chair: Fan Wang, University of Houston Join Zoom Meeting ROOM II
2. Anjali Chandra (Fordham University, achandra7@fordham.edu), “The Roadblocks to Success: Evidence from India’s Road Construction Program” Personal Website
Ko, W., Moffitt, R.A. (2022). Take-Up of Social Benefits. In: Zimmermann, K.F. (eds) Handbook of Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_372-1
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The online symposium was hosted by the Department of Public Policy at the Central European University (CEU) in collaboration with Academia Europaea, Section “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” and the Global Labor Organization (GLO) as a part of the GLO Global Conference 2022.
Updated December 7, 2022.
AE-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium: Format: online only, public
Friday December 2, 2022 – 10.00 – 12.00 CET Berlin = Vienna time zone.
Academia Europaea (AE) Section Economics, Business and Management Sciences is concerned with the many academic issues dealing with individual behavior up to institutions, small and national organizations, countries, and multinational structures. Recent topics covered among others are migration and identity; financial markets; regional economics; and climate change.
The AE-CEU-GLO Labor Symposium showcases some of the cutting-edge research in the areas of labor and population economics produced by section members as well as invited guests.
The symposium is dedicated to the memory of Jacques Drèze, a long-standing member of Academia Europaea (since 1989), who passed away on September 25, 2022.
Program:
10:00-10:05: Welcome by Martin Kahanec (Academia Europaea section chair and CEU)
10:05-10:30: Mandatory Wage Posting, Bargaining and the Gender Wage Gap Rudolf Winter-Ebmer (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
10:30-10:55: Management Practices and Productivity: Does Employee Representation Play a Moderating Role? Uwe Jirjahn(University of Trier)
10:55-11:20: Strangers and Foreigners: Trust and Attitudes toward Citizenship Graziella Bertocchi(Universita’ di Modena e Reggio Emilia)
11:20-11:45: Climate Variability, Female Empowerment, and Household Employment Decisions Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies)
11:45-12:00: Discussion and closing remarks
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About Jacques Drèze
Jacques Drèze, a long-standing member of Academia Europaea (since 1989) passed away on Sunday, September 25, 2022, in Verviers at the age of 93.
Jacques inspired generations of economists, through his rigorous research (e.g. on economic uncertainty, general equilibrium theory, unemployment and disequilibrium economics), as a creator and director of the Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), initiator of the European Doctoral Program in Quantitative Economics (EDP), founding father of the European Economic Association (of which he served as the first President in 1985), and professor at Université Catholique de Louvain and Cornell University.
Jacques combined academic excellence with an open-door approach and empathy for the personal challenges of students and colleagues seeking his advice. He has been an exemplary role model for economists as well as economic policy professionals.
The Academia Europaea was established in 1988 and is the Pan-European Academy of Sciences Humanities and Letters. The object of Academia Europaea is the advancement and propagation of excellence in scholarship in the humanities, law, the economic, social, and political sciences, mathematics, medicine, and all branches of natural and technological sciences anywhere in the world for the public benefit and for the advancement of the education of the public of all ages in the aforesaid subjects in Europe. Academia Europaea is a European, non-governmental association acting as an Academy. Our members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. Founded in 1988, with more than 5000 members which includes leading experts from the physical sciences and technology, biological sciences and medicine, mathematics, the letters and humanities, social and cognitive sciences, economics and the law.
DPP is a multi-disciplinary and global public policy Department at the Central European University in Vienna aiming to create an educational experience that involves not only the acquisition of skills and knowledge but also the cultivation of a mindset that emphasizes social entrepreneurship, innovation, cultural awareness and a commitment to the public good. DPP offers four master’s degrees in public policy, and the public policy track of the Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science program. The Department boasts a team of outstanding resident faculty, world-class visiting faculty made up of top researchers, and practitioners in the public policy field who bring a wide array of academic and practical subjects to DPP’s diverse classroom.
Central European University (CEU) is a research-intensive university specializing in the social sciences, humanities, law, public policy and management. It is accredited in the United States, Austria and Hungary. CEU’s mission is to promote academic excellence, state-of-the-art research, research-based teaching and learning and civic engagement, in order to contribute to the development of open societies. CEU offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs and enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries. The teaching staff consists of resident faculty from over 50 countries and prominent visiting scholars from around the world. The language of instruction is English.
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is a global, independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that has no institutional position. The GLO functions as an international network and virtual platform for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and the general public interested in scientific research and its policy and societal implications on global labor markets, demographic challenges and human resources. These topics are defined broadly in line with its Mission to embrace the global diversity of labor markets, institutions, and policy challenges, covering advanced economies as well as transition and less developed countries.
Author Abstract: We examine the causal effect of air pollution on an individual’s propensity for entrepreneurship in China. Our preferred model, which employs an instrumental variable approach to address endogeneity arising from sorting into entrepreneurship and locational choices, suggests that exposure to higher intensity of air pollution lowers one’s proclivity for entrepreneurship. We also find that industrial activity and self-efficacy mediate the relationship between air pollution and entrepreneurship. In addition, education and gender further moderate the relationship between air pollution and self-efficacy. In particular, air pollution negatively affects self-efficacy among the less-educated and females.
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FORTHCOMING: Vol. 36, Issue 1, January 2023: Meet the authors of all 16 articles of this issue online on December 1, 2022 during the GLO Global Conference 2022.
PUBLISHED Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2022: Journal of Population Economics (JOPE): 15 articleshttps://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-4 CiteScore of JOPE moves up from 3.9 (2020) to 6.5 (2021). LINK Similar, its Impact Factor is now 4.7 (2021) after 2.8 (2020)! LINK
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
A new GLO Discussion Paperfinds that the presence of second-level collective bargaining is associated with higher investments in R&D and that power relation is the main mechanism driving this result.
Author Abstract: This paper investigates the impact of firm-level collective bargaining on firms’ investment in intangible assets and, specifically R&D. While standard hold-up theories predict a negative effect of organized labour on intangible investments, the inclusion of pay-for-performance schemes in complementary negotiation can actually invert the prediction. Moreover, the industrial relation literature suggests that, in presence of asymmetric power relations, firm-level collective bargaining can allow workers to make their voice heard and induce management to invest in assets that drive competition away from wages, including R&D. We exploit a rich and representative survey on Italian non-agricultural companies conducted by the National Institute for the Analysis of Public Policies (INAPP) to test these predictions. Baseline estimates suggest that the presence of second-level collective bargaining is associated with higher investments in R&D and that power relation is the main mechanism driving this result. These findings are confirmed also in a robustness check where we exploit size contingent legislation governing the creation of employee representative bodies involved in firm-level bargaining in a regression discontinuity design (RDD) framework. The implications for the design of innovation policy are discussed.
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FORTHCOMING: Vol. 36, Issue 1, January 2023: Meet the authors of all 16 articles of this issue online on December 1, 2022 during the GLO Global Conference 2022.
PUBLISHED Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2022: Journal of Population Economics (JOPE): 15 articleshttps://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-4 CiteScore of JOPE moves up from 3.9 (2020) to 6.5 (2021). LINK Similar, its Impact Factor is now 4.7 (2021) after 2.8 (2020)! LINK
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
Author Abstract: This paper explores school commuting behaviors of children who attend primary school, high-school, or University, using time use data for a set of countries obtained from the Multinational Time Use Study. We focus on the duration of school commutes, and how they correlate with individual and family characteristics. We also explore the transport modes used, and whether the commuting is done alone. The results show significant differences in school commuting times across countries. Furthermore, we find more time devoted to commuting, and higher rates of commuting done alone, as the schooling level of respondents increases. Means of transport are relatively similar within countries, although they change significantly across countries. This analysis is the first exploration of school, high-school, and University commuting behavior, using time use data that make the results comparable. Our analysis opens doors for future research, and may serve planners in terms of policies promoting specific student mobility.
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FORTHCOMING: Vol. 36, Issue 1, January 2023: Meet the authors of all 16 articles of this issue online on December 1, 2022 during the GLO Global Conference 2022.
PUBLISHED Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2022: Journal of Population Economics (JOPE): 15 articleshttps://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-4 CiteScore of JOPE moves up from 3.9 (2020) to 6.5 (2021). LINK Similar, its Impact Factor is now 4.7 (2021) after 2.8 (2020)! LINK
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementia in older adults. Globally, over 55 million people live with dementia, and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year. The aggregate financial burden of the disease is over $1 trillion annually. As population aging accelerates, the need for a better understanding of the disease and for better treatments presents an urgent and major health challenge globally.
In recognition of November as Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month, Xi Chen (Yale University and GLO) served as guest editor of a special issue of the China CDC Weekly focused on Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD) worldwide. The product is based on work of research teams at Yale University, London School of Economics, New York University, University of Cambridge, University of Washington, Peking University, Cornell University, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Yale Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center is organizing together with China CDC Weekly and the Global Labor Organizationa launch event as a pre-conference event of the GLO Global Conference 2022(December 1-3, 2022):
When? Wednesday, November 30, 2022. 10:00-11:15 am ET
Yaolin Pei, Xiang Qi, Zhen Cong, and Bei Wu. Chinese American Caregivers’ Attitude toward Tube Feeding for Persons with Dementia. China CDC Weekly, 2022, in press
Bo Hu, Raphael Wittenberg, Martin Knapp, Derek King. Long-term Care Utilization in People Living with Dementia – England, 2015-2017. China CDC Weekly, 2022, in preparation
Author Abstract: Dementia leads public health issue worldwide. China has the largest population of adults living with dementia in the world, imposing increasing burdens on the public health and healthcare systems. Despite improved access to health services, inadequate and uneven dementia management remains common. We document the provincial-level geographic patterns in healthcare utilization, outcomes, and costs for patients hospitalized for dementia in China. Regional patterns demonstrate gaps in equity and efficiency of dementia care and management for dementia patients. Health policy and practices should consider geographic disparities in disease burden and healthcare provision to promote equitable allocation of resources for dementia care throughout China.
FORTHCOMING: Vol. 36, Issue 1, January 2023: Meet the authors of all 16 articles of this issue online on December 1, 2022 during the GLO Global Conference 2022.
PUBLISHED Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2022: Journal of Population Economics (JOPE): 15 articleshttps://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-4 CiteScore of JOPE moves up from 3.9 (2020) to 6.5 (2021). LINK Similar, its Impact Factor is now 4.7 (2021) after 2.8 (2020)! LINK
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
Author Abstract: There is hardly any study on learning inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic in a low-income, multi-country context. Analyzing 34 longitudinal household and phone survey rounds from Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mali, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda, we find that while countries exhibit heterogeneity, the pandemic generally results in lower school enrolment rates. We find that policies targeting individual household members are most effective for improving learning activities, followed by those targeting households, communities, and regions. Households with higher education levels or living standards or those in urban residences are more likely to engage their children in learning activities and more diverse types of learning activities. Furthermore, we find some evidence for a strong and positive relationship between public transfers and household head employment with learning activities for almost all the countries.
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FORTHCOMING: Vol. 36, Issue 1, January 2023: Meet the authors of all 16 articles of this issue online on December 1, 2022 during the GLO Global Conference 2022.
PUBLISHED Vol. 35, Issue 4, October 2022: Journal of Population Economics (JOPE): 15 articleshttps://link.springer.com/journal/148/volumes-and-issues/35-4 CiteScore of JOPE moves up from 3.9 (2020) to 6.5 (2021). LINK Similar, its Impact Factor is now 4.7 (2021) after 2.8 (2020)! LINK
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is an independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that functions as an international network and virtual platform to stimulate global research, debate and collaboration.
Hosted by the Department of Public Policy at Central European University (CEU) in collaboration with the Global Labor Organization (GLO) and the Centre for EconomicPolicy Research (CEPR) as a part of the GLO Global Conference 2022.
Format: Hybrid (On-site for the Vienna audience, online public access)
Venue: Central European University, Quellenstrasse 51, Vienna, Austria
The destruction and death toll that the Russian invasion of Ukraine has inflicted on the country is immense. One day, however, the war will be over. To offer Ukraine a positive prospect of effective, encompassing, and inclusive reconstruction that will not only recreate the status quo ante but will enable the country to upgrade for better, a salient roadmap is needed. One of the first contributions to this effort was the CEPR blueprint on the reconstruction of Ukraine. Following up on this effort, the CEPR has put together a group of scientists around the world, with two lead authors on each chapter – one from the EU and one from Ukraine (although most chapters have more than two authors) – to provide a salient blueprint for the reconstruction from Day 1. CEU and GLO have contributed several experts to this endeavor and will now hold a workshop on the reconstruction of Ukraine covering several chapters broadly related to labor issues on December 1, 2022; 16:30-17:30, at CEU’s Department of Public Policy in Vienna as part of the round the globe, round the clock GLO Global Conference 2022.
Program
16:30-16:35 Welcome
Martin Kahanec, Head of the Department of Public Policy; Central European University
Yuriy Gorodnichenko, Editor of the CEPR book on the reconstruction of Ukraine; University of California, Berkeley
16:35-16:55 Healthcare
Carol Propper, Imperial College London
Yuriy Dzyghyr, former Deputy Minister of Finance, Ukraine
Kateryna Maynzyuk, Ministry of Health and Ministry of Finance expert, Ukraine
Adrianna Murphy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
16:55-17:15 Education
Martin Kahanec, Central European University, Vienna
Ivan Miklos, MESA 10 and CEU, advisor to the Slovak President, Moldovan Prime Minister, and National Council for the Recovery of Ukraine
Pavlo Klimkin, Centre for National Resilience and Development, former Foreign Minister of Ukraine
18:15-18:30 Discussion and Closing Remarks
Martin Kahanec, CEU
Bio’s of all speakers see CEU website.
Department of Public Policy (DPP), Central European University
DPP is a multi-disciplinary and global public policy Department at the Central European University in Vienna aiming to create an educational experience that involves not only the acquisition of skills and knowledge but also the cultivation of a mindset that emphasizes social entrepreneurship, innovation, cultural awareness and a commitment to the public good. DPP offers four master’s degrees in public policy, and the public policy track of the Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science program. The Department boasts a team of outstanding resident faculty, world-class visiting faculty made up of top researchers, and practitioners in the public policy field who bring a wide array of academic and practical subjects to DPP’s diverse classroom.
Central European University (CEU) is a research-intensive university specializing in the social sciences, humanities, law, public policy and management. It is accredited in the United States, Austria and Hungary. CEU’s mission is to promote academic excellence, state-of-the-art research, research-based teaching and learning and civic engagement, in order to contribute to the development of open societies. CEU offers bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral programs and enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries. The teaching staff consists of resident faculty from over 50 countries and prominent visiting scholars from around the world. The language of instruction is English.
Center for Economic Policy Research
The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) was founded in 1983 to enhance the quality of economic policy-making within Europe and beyond, by fostering high quality, policy-relevant economic research, and disseminating it widely to decision-makers in the public and private sectors. Drawing together the expertise of its Research Fellows and Affiliates, CEPR initiates, funds and coordinates research activities and communicates the results quickly and effectively to policymakers and other decision makers around the world. The Centre is an independent, non-profit organization and takes no institutional policy positions.
Global Labor Organization
The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is a global, independent, non-partisan and non-governmental organization that has no institutional position. The GLO functions as an international network and virtual platform for researchers, policy makers, practitioners and the general public interested in scientific research and its policy and societal implications on global labor markets, demographic challenges and human resources. These topics are defined broadly in line with its Mission to embrace the global diversity of labor markets, institutions, and policy challenges, covering advanced economies as well as transition and less developed countries.
