Global GLO-JOPE Conference 2025, December 3-5 Bonn, is supported by IESR, Jinan University.

The full Program of the in-person & online Global GLO-JOPE Conference 2025, December 3-5 Bonn is now available. The annual signature event of the Global Labor Organization (GLO) supported by the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE) and the Institute for Economic and Social Research (IESR), Jinan University.

IESR organizes one online session of the conference, see next. Shuaizhang Feng, Dean of IESR, participates in-person in the conference in Bonn and contributes to various program parts. He is also an Editor of the Journal of Population Economics.

December 5, 2025

6:00 – 8:00 CET Berlin = 13:00 – 15:00 Beijing time IESR (China) Invited Session 
— Chair: Xue Sen (IESR & GLO)
— Zoom Moderator: Juno (Xiangyan) Qiu (IESR)

  • Hanming Fang, Jiayin Hu, Miao Yu (Peking University)
    Maternity Leave Extensions and Gender Gaps: Evidence from an Online Job Platform
  • James Kai-sing Kung, Wenbing Wu (University of Melbourne)
    The Rise of the Chinese Clan
  • Yunbo Liu, Zexuan Wang (Minzu University of China), Zesen Zhang, Jue Bai, Xiaoyang Ye
    Occupational Cognition and Employment Choices in Manufacturing: Evidence from the Information Intervention Experiment with Vocational College Students
  • Xiaogang Li, Ze Song (Nankai University), Puyang Sun, Hong Zou
    Stagnation and Differentiation in Growth: Quality Effects of Consumer Goods for Chinese Households

To participate online in this session, you need to prior register here: LINK

What other to expect at the conference:

  • Follow online both all in-person (Dec 4-5) & online (Dec 3-5) sessions in Bonn/Germany and around the globe.
  • Recruiters: Follow the GLO Job Market sessions for ASIA & EUROPE (Dec 3) and NORTH AMERICA (Dec 5).
  • Presentations from the GLO VirtYS Young Scholar mentoring program on Dec 3.
  • A large number of Invited & Contributed Research Paper Sessions (Dec 3-5) including some on EUROPE & AFRICA.
  • Focused research paper sessions in regional time-zones on NORTH AMERICA, INDIA, CHINA & OCEANIA (“Sydney”) (Dec 4-5)
  • The monthly GLO Research Seminar (Dec 4).
  • The Conference Keynote Speech (Dec 4).
  • The JOPE Kuznets Prize Ceremony & Speech (Dec 4).
  • The expert PanelCollaborating with China: Challenges and Chances
  • Presentation: Publishing with Springer Nature
  • New Book Presentation on the Death at Booroomba

Curious? Study the full program of the conference and register here: LINK