- The full Program of the in-person & online Global GLO-JOPE Conference 2025, December 3-5 Bonn is available.
- Here we list DAY II (Dec. 4 CET) for your last minute orientation.
- Time schedule given below is CET (Berlin). Check Time Zone Converter to orient yourself.
- To be able to participate, you need to have registered already in the respective Zoom Rooms listed below. Registration Links and instructions to read are provided HERE.
December 4, 2025. All sessions are CET Berlin.
8:30-10:30 Three parallel sessions
8:30 – 10:30 SCHOOLING in-person P-S1-1; ———- Zoom ROOM 1
— Chair: Ingo E. Isphording (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods & GLO)
— Moderator: Liwen Guo (The University of New South Wales & GLO)
- Antonio Di Paolo (Universitat de Barcelona & AQR-IREA). (12)
Language of Instruction, Bilingualism, and Neighbourhood Quality: Do Local Language Skills Matter? - Jaroslav Groero (CERGE-EI), Alena Bicakova. (122)
Beyond Test Scores: The Effect of School Entry Age on Specific Cognitive Processes - Antonia K. Entorf, Miriam Gensowski, Ingo E. Isphording (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods)
Mental Health Challenges Among Teachers: The Role of Occupation and Workplaces
8:30 -10:30 ENVIRONMENT in-person P-S2-1; ———- Zoom ROOM 2
— Chair: Shuaizhang Feng (IESR & Jinan University, JOPE Editor & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Leena Bhattacharya (WageIndicator Foundation and GLO)
- Xiaoying Liu (University of Pennsylvania). (37)
Air Pollution and Under-5 Child Mortality: Evidence from China’s Coal Power Plant Phase-out Policy - Luca Buzzanca (Gran Sasso Science Institute) (90)
Labor Market Effects of Climate Extremes: Evidence from Italian Agriculture - Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO)
Networking with GLO & the Handbook “Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics” project
8:30 – 10:30 GENDER I online-only; P-S3-1: ———- Zoom ROOM 3
— Chair: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)
- João Pereira dos Santos (Universidade Nova de Lisboa) (79)
Perceptions of (mis)behavior by gender: Evidence from the Catholic World Youth Day - Nicholas A. Jolly, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos, Georgios Voucharas (Liverpool Hope University). (49)
Business Closures, Labor Market Policies and Gender Gaps. - Yujia Liu (University College London) (117)
The Intergenerational Transmission in Female Labour Force Participation (FLFP): The Role of Gender Norms in Urban China.
10:30 BREAK
11:00-13:00 Three parallel sessions
11:00-13:00 GENDER II in-person P-S1-2; ———- Zoom ROOM 1
— Chair: Claudia Senik (Paris School of Economics & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO)
- Elghafiky Bimardhika, Daniel Halim (World Bank). (76-J)
To have it all? Career and family choices of college-educated Indonesian women - Christian Grund (RWTH Aachen University) (13-J)
Conditional Gender Pay Gaps - Natalia Danzer, Rachel E Kranton, Piotr Pawel Larysz, Claudia Senik (Paris School of Economics). (35)
Gender Identity, Norms, and Happiness.
11:00 – 13:00 EARNINGS in-person P-S2-2; ———- Zoom ROOM 2
— Chair: Laszlo Goerke (IAAEU, Trier University, IZA, CESifo, GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Leena Bhattacharya (WageIndicator Foundation & GLO)
- Emmi Wilén (University of Oulu), Sanna Huikari, Jouko Miettunen, Marko Korhonen. (105)
Temperament traits and longitudinal earnings: increasing returns over time and at the top - Damilola Afolabi (University of Regina) (141)
Is there a Motherhood Bonus for Immigrant Mothers in the Canadian Labor Market compared to Immigrant Non-Mothers? - Laszlo Goerke (IAAEU, Trier University, IZA, CESifo, GLO), Sven Hartmann, Yue Huang. (85-J)
Councils of contentment: Works councils and income perceptions
13:00 BREAK
14:00-15:00 GLO Research Seminar in-person Plenary Conference Room K1;
———- Zoom ROOM 1
— Chair: Viola Angelini (University of Groningen & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO); session will be recorded.
Olga Stoddard (Brigham Young University)
The Visible Costs of Invisible Household Labor
15:00-16:00 KEYNOTE SPEECH in-person Plenary Conference Room K1;
———- Zoom ROOM 1
— Chair: Maloob Piracha (University of Kent & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO); session will be recorded.
Viola Angelini (University of Groningen & GLO)
Growing Older in Good Health: Tracing the Roots of Inequalities
16:00 BREAK
16:30-17:30 in-person Plenary Conference Room K1; Zoom ROOM 1
— Chair: Shuaizhang Feng (IESR & Jinan University, JOPE Editor & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO); session will be recorded.
– Report on the Journal of Population Economics: Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & JOPE EiC)
– Kuznets Award Ceremony: Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & JOPE EiC)
Claudio Costanzo (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & ECARES) receives the 2026 Kuznets Prize. The annual prize honors the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics in the previous year.
Claudio Costanzo: Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing
FREE READ (https://rdcu.be/eKaC4) Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38, article 51
17:30-18:30 in-person Plenary Conference Room K1; ———- Zoom ROOM 1
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO):; session is recorded.
Panel: Collaborating with China: Challenges and Chances
– Ferdinand Dudenhöffer (Director CAR, Bochum & GLO)
– Shuaizhang Feng (IESR & Jinan University, JOPE Editor & GLO)
– Xuewu Gu (International Relations/Center for Global Studies, Bonn University)
– Wenxuan Hou (University of Edinburgh & GLO)
– Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & Senator Leopoldina), CHAIR
- Matloob Piracha, Massimiliano Tani, Klaus F. Zimmermann and Yu Zhang (2022). “Higher Education Expansion and the Rise of China in Economics Research”. China Economic Review 74 (2022) 101813. OPEN ACCESS. PDF.
- Journal of Chinese Economic and Business Studies (JCEBS).
18:30 BREAK
ONLINE ONLY. December 4, 2025. ———- ROOM 1
19:00-21:00 CET= 13:00-15:00 EST “Philadelphia I” USA & Americas
— Chair: Amelie Constant (University of Pennsylvania & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Sandipa Bhattacharjee (Ramapo College of New Jersey & GLO)
- Harry Patrinos (University of Arkansas). (74)
Seventy Years of Human Capital: What We Have Learned, And What We Still Have to Learn. - Carmel U. Chiswick (George Washington University). (51)
Economic Development in the 21st Century. - Nancy Chau, Huiyi Chen (James Madison University), Oleg Firsin (62-J)
Social Networks and the Spread of Strikes - Amelie F. Constant (University of Pennsylvania).
Dynamic migration transitions between wealthy home and host countries by natives.
21:15-22:00 New Book Presentation in person dinner & Zoom ———- ROOM 1
— Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Mehrzad Baktash (University of Trier & GLO); session will be recorded.
Alison Booth (Writer & Australian National University & GLO) Death at Booroomba
The famous labor economist speaks about her new book online from Australia, available for all ONLINE participants and all dinner participants in the Casino of the Science Center Bonn.
Study also the recent GLO Interview with her (including references to the book).
ONLINE ONLY. December 4, 2025 CET Bonn.
„Sydney I“. Australia-New Zealand-US West Coast/else
22:30-00:30 CET = 8:30-10:30 AEDT (Dec. 5) ———- ROOM SYDNEY
— Chair: Max Tani (UNSW Canberra & GLO)
— Moderator: Liwen Guo (University of New South Wales & GLO)
- Yanxia Yu, Jacques Poot, W. Robert Reed, Weilun Wu (University of Canterbury), Yan. (58-J) Meta-analysis of the Impact of Population Age-Composition on Aggregate Saving Rates: A Global Perspective
- Sholeh Maani (University of Auckland, New Zealand), Olga Sudareva (University of Auckland, New Zealand). (139-J)
Assessing the Impact of Crime on Gender Disparities in Labour Market Outcomes. - Zhiming Cheng, Sarah Cook, Liwen Guo (University of New South Wales & The Kids Research Institute Australia & GLO), Massimiliano Tani. (77-J)
Environmental Policy and Gender Health Gap - Jayanta Sarkar (Queensland University of Technology). (140-J)
Breaking the Mold: Norms, Childcare, and the Dynamics of Female Labor
22:30-00:30 CET = 16:30-18:30 EST “Philadelphia II” USA & Americas —— ROOM 1
— Chair: Amelie Constant (University of Pennsylvania & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Kishan Narayan (Northeastern University & GLO)
- Thomas Goldring, David C. Ribar (Georgia State University & JOPE Associate Editor). (91-J)
How Children Combine Pre-Kindergarten and Subsidized Child Care in Georgia. - Paige Schoonover (Saint Mary’s College of California). (121)
Reacting to recalls: contraceptive choice impacts of defective birth control pills in Chile - Jiaheng Li (Macquarie University) (63)
Predicting dynamic vulnerability to multidimensional poverty in China - Hugo Jales (Syracuse University & JOPE Associate Editor), Zhengfei Yu (125)
Minimum wage and Informality in a Roy Bargaining Economy: Evidence from a Bunching Estimator