GLO Virtual Seminar

The GLO Virtual Seminar Series has been established with an initial frequency of one event per month as a regular GLO activity. The seminars are:

Hosted by the School of Economics at the University of Kent, the GLO key partner university in the UK.
Chaired by GLO Director Matloob Piracha.
On a Thursday, 1.00 pm – 02.00 pm BST (London time), unless otherwise stated. ONE HOUR.
It is an internal seminar open to all GLO Fellows and Affiliates and by special invitation. Free to attend (no fees).

Program

Sydney (12pm), Beijing (9pm), Istanbul (4pm), Berlin (2pm), London (1pm), Cape Town (3pm), Washington DC (8am), Santiago de Chile (10am)

May 7, 2021 (Friday): Chiara Rapallini
April 8, 2021 (Thursday): NN
March 5, 2021 (Friday): Marco Vivarelli
February 5, 2021 (Friday): Pedro Martins
January 7, 2021: Cynthia Bansak
NEXT:

December 3, 2020; 1pm London/UK: John P. de New
Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, University of Melbourne, and GLO
Registration details will be provided in time.

Topic: To be announced

Past seminars

November 5, 2020: Ira Gang, Rutgers University and GLO
Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics
News – report of the event. Video of Seminar.

Schooling Forsaken or Not? Education and Migration.

Based on joint work with Gil Epstein and Ilhom Abdulloev:

GLO Discussion Paper 709: Job Status, International Migration and Educational Choice – Download PDF by Abdulloev, Ilhom & Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N.

GLO Discussion Paper 641: Schooling Forsaken: Education and Migration – Download PDF by Abdulloev, Ilhom & Epstein, Gil S. & Gang, Ira N.

Migration and Forsaken Schooling in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, published n IZA Journal of Development and Migration, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2020-0004

Changes in the Forsaken Schooling and Migration Relationship in Tajikistan (Chapter 10), in Brain Drain vs Brain Circulation (Central Asia), 2020

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October 1, 2020: Alfonso Flores-Lagunes, Syracuse University and GLO
Presentation slides & news – report of the event. Video of the seminar.

The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on the Long-Term Health of Veterans

Based on a joint paper with Xintong Wang and Carlos A. Flores on “The Effects of Vietnam-Era Military Service on the Long-Term Health of Veterans: A Bounds Analysis”

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September 3, 2020: Kompal Sinha, Macquarie University and GLO
Associate Editor of the Journal of Population Economics
GLO Cluster Lead “Development, Health, Inequality and Behavior”
Presentation Slides & News. Video of Seminar.

Paid Parental Leave and Maternal Mental Health

Related paper: The presentation of Kompal Sinha is based on a joint paper with Anam Bilgrami and Henry Cutler of the Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University, on “The impact of introducing a national scheme for Paid Parental Leave on maternal mental health outcomes“, forthcoming Health Economics.

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August 6, 2020: Sergei Guriev, Sciences Po, Paris, and GLO.
Presentation News. Video of seminar.

The Political Economy of Populism

Related paper: Sergei Guriev and Elias Papaioannou,
The Political Economy of Populism. PDF
Draft prepared for the Journal of Economic Literature.

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