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Recent Posts

September 22, 2019. ‘Parental responses to children’s revealed human capital’: Forthcoming in the Journal of Population Economics.
September 20, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Are asylum seekers more likely to work with more inclusive labor market access regulations?’
September 12, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Parental Migration, Investment in Children, and Children’s Non-cognitive Development: Evidence from Rural China’
September 11,2019. GLO Discussion Paper of the Month August: Income Inequality and the Size of Government
September 10, 2019. GLO supported conferences: Submission deadlines approaching
September 8, 2019. Report on the GLO-EHERO Symposia in Granada/Spain
September 7, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Impact of Early Childcare on Immigrant Children’s Educational Performance’
September 6, 2019. ‘Decomposing the gender pay gap in the USA’: Now published online in the Journal of Population Economics.
September 6, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The gender wage gap among PhD holders’
September 5, 2019. Call for contributions for the ‘Australian Gender Economics Workshop’, 5-7 February 2020. Submission deadline is 18 September 2019!
September 5, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Family Size and Sibling Structure & the Great Mexico-US Migration’
September 3, 2019. Eugenio Levi, Rama Dasi Mariani & Fabrizio Patriarca on ‘Hate at first sight only. The presence of immigrants, electoral outcomes and policy insights.’ GLO Research for Policy Note No. 3.
September 3, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Turkish University Students’ Self-Perceptions of Aging’
September 2, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The Impact of Exposure to Missionaries on the English Language Proficiency and Earnings of Immigrants in the USA’
September 1, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Immigrant’s demand for informal & formal education’
August 31, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘A Simple Solution to the Problem of Independence of Irrelevant Alternatives in Choo and Siow Marriage Market Model’
August 30, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Divorce among European and Mexican Immigrants in the US’
August 29, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The diversity of household assets holdings in the United States’
August 28, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The Impact of BMI on Mental Health’
August 27, 2019. ‘Family size and schooling in sub-Saharan Africa: testing the quantity-quality trade-off’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 27, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Smartphone Use and Academic Performance’
August 26, 2019. ‘Equal sharing, exchange motives, and Cinderella effects’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 26, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The long-term effect of migration on economic inequality between EU Member States’
August 25, 2019. ‘Longevity-induced vertical innovation and the tradeoff between life and growth’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 25, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Extreme Temperature and Extreme Violence’
August 24, 2019. ‘Government Transfers, Work, and Wellbeing’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 24, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Income Inequality and the Size of Government’
August 23, 2019. ‘International migration as a driver of political and social change’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 23, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The Yen Exchange Rate and the Hollowing Out of the Japanese Industry’
August 22, 2019. ‘Female genital mutilation: Do return migrants transfer social norms?: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 22, 2019. GLO Virtual Young Scholars Program (GLO VirtYS). Deadline for Applications: September 20, 2019
August 22, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘The effectiveness of restrictive immigration policies’
August 21, 2019. ‘Preference or endowment? Intergenerational transmission of women’s work behavior’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 21, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Foreign aid, bilateral asylum immigration and development’
August 20, 2019. ‘Baby bonus? Examining responses to a pro-natalist policy’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 20, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Interest Rate Hysteresis and Central Bank Policies’
August 19, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘How Skill Gap and Mismatch Affects Firm Productivity’
August 18, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper compares political and cultural visions on migration.
August 17, 2019. Interest rate uncertainty weakens monetary policy.
August 16, 2019. Announcing two joint GLO/EHERO Special Sessions on Well-being at the forthcoming ISQOLS conference in Granada.
August 16, 2019. GLO Fellow Dejan Kovač is running for President in Croatia.
August 16, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Gender division of household labor: How does culture operate?’
August 14, 2019. Journal of Population Economics: Annual Report 2019 & Issue 4, 2019 available.
August 14, 2019. New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Labor market policy and subjective well-being’.
12. August 2019. ‘Parenting style as an investment in human development’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
12 August 2019. ‘Ancestral ecological endowments and missing women’: Now published in the Journal of Population Economics.
August 14, 2019. GLO Supported Events September 2019 – January 2020; forthcoming deadlines.
August 9, 2018. EBES 30 Conference in Kuala Lumpur, 8-10 January, 2020. Call for Contributions with Deadline October 31, 2019.
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘What Causal Machine Learning Methods Can Tell Us in Welfare Experiments’
A New GLO Discussion Paper on the Role of Locus of Control
GLO Discussion Paper of the Month July: More Children, Happy Elderly Parents?
New GLO Discussion Paper on Social Networks and Mental Health
New GLO Discussion Paper on Beauty and Job Accessibility
A new GLO Discussion Paper on Labor Reforms, Employment Protection and Firm-provided Training
New book on: Rural-Urban Migration in Vietnam
New GLO Discussion Paper on “Reforms in Developing Economies”
New GLO Discussion Paper ‘Personality Traits and Performance in Online Labour Markets’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Employment Effects of Offshore Oil and Gas Regulations’
GLO Discussion Paper documents that works councils affiliate with more modern gender policies
GLO supported conference in Colombo/Sri Lanka on 5-6 December 2019. GLO Lead Niaz Asadullah Keynote Speaker.
GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Conflict Exposure and Welfare in Africa’
NOT WORKING! GLO Research Director Danny Blanchflower explains why the job market is not as healthy as we think.
GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Monopsony Power and Guest Worker Programs’
New book on: Formal Labour Market in Urban India. Job search, hiring practices and discrimination
New GLO Discussion Paper: Childcare and labor market performance of parents in Vietnam
New GLO Discussion Paper: Student employment – Does it help with employers?
New book on Populism: Bridging the Gaps for a Better World.
New GLO Discussion Paper: ‘More Children, Happier Families?’
New GLO Discussion Paper on the ‘Immigrant-Native Wage Gap in Germany’
New book on: Global Mobility of Highly Skilled People
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Employment Outcomes’
Beyond the Average: GLO DP 322 now published in the Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Immigration and the Well-being of Europeans’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Do Public Pension Benefits Affect Private Household Transfers to the Elderly Parents?’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Tax implicit value judgements, redistribution and income inequality’
Special Issue of the International Journal of Manpower on ‘Advances on School-To-Work Transitions’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Birth Weight and Child Cognitive Development’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Technological change and occupation mobility’
Call for Contributions: Inaugural Workshop on “Health, Inequality and Behavior” on November 11-13 at Macquarie University, Sydney/Australia.
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Technology and Employment’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Aging and migration. Benefits and Challenges.’
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Child Health Problems and Family Structure’
New GLO Discussion Paper: The Economics of Hategoatism Needed.
New GLO Discussion Paper: Fluctuations of uncertainty cause fertility fluctuations.
New GLO Discussion Paper on ‘Hate of foreigners and voting behavior’
New GLO Discussion Paper: Decomposing the gender wage gap in the US.
Migration, Refugees and the Value of Free Mobility: Interview of GLO President Zimmermann with the prominent Hungarian News Magazine hvg
Now ONLINE & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics: International migration as a driver of political & social change
July 11, 2019: Interview of SPP/Budapest with GLO President Zimmermann on the benefits and challenges of research and teaching in the Hungarian capital.
Now Online in the Journal of Population Economics: Mortality inequality in France & the United States
Now ONLINE & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics: The nativity wealth gap – what is it & what drives it?
How dreams matter for migration: Now Published in the Journal of Population Economics
Now ONLINE & OPEN ACCESS in the Journal of Population Economics: Marriage, dowry, and women’s status in rural Punjab
June GLO Discussion Paper of the Month: Mental Health, Schooling and Genetic Predisposition.
Now OUT in the Journal of Population Economics: Internal migration affects the emotional health of elderly parents left-behind in China.
Now OUT in the Journal of Population Economics: Your spouse is fired! How much do you care?
Now Published in the Journal of Population Economics: Migrants Reduce the Work Health Risks of Natives
Now published in the Journal of Population Economics: Anti-Minaret Votes and Migrants’ Location Choices in Switzerland
Now online in the Journal of Population Economics: John Gardner on ‘Intergenerational altruism: Evidence from the African American Great Migration’
Now published in the Journal of Population Economics: Return migrants transfer social norms; evidence on female genital mutilation in Mali.
June 28, 2019: GLO President returns from Budapest to Bonn
Kigali, Rwanda, June 12-14, 2019. GLO Fellows supported as keynote speakers the 4th International Conference of Eastern Africa Business and Economic Watch (4th EABEW-2019)
June 26, 2019. Friederike Welter & André Pahnke on: The German Mittelstand: an antithesis to Silicon Valley entrepreneurship? GLO Research for Policy Note No. 2
Childcare services enable female labor market success in Vietnam. GLO Discussion Paper of the Month May 2019 and other GLO DP’s of May freely accessible.
28th EBES Conference: Some impressions from May 29.
GLO Fellows met on June 5 at the CEU in Budapest to discuss the future of Europe after the recent elections
28th EBES conference takes place at Coventry/UK on May 29-31, 2019.
Budapest June 5, 2019. Public debate at the Central European University about the future of Europe after the European elections.
May 13, 2019. Azita Berar on ‘ILO: Celebrating a century of international cooperation for social justice’. GLO Policy News No.1
The long shadow of Stalin: Mistrust across former USSR countries. GLO Discussion Paper of the Month April and other GLO DP’s of April.
GLO President delivered George Soros Lecture on May 8, 2019 at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest
Summer School on “The Role of Education in National and Regional Socioeconomic Development” on July 8–12, 2019 in Moscow. Deadline May 15.
GLO Research Director Danny Blanchflower publishes his new book with Princeton University Press in June 2019: “Not working. Where have all the good jobs gone?”
GLO Director Matloob Piracha speakes on May 2, 2019 in Sydney, Australia, on “Integration of Humanitarian Migrants into the Host Country Labour Market: Evidence from Australia”
GLO Director Matloob Piracha speakes on May 6, 2019 at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia on Ethnic Identity and the Labor Market
George Soros Lecture in Budapest: Klaus F. Zimmermann speaks on May 8, 2019; 5.30 to 7.00 pm, CEU, Nador utca 9, Gellner. “Global Labor Economics: Challenges and Benefits”
GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is George Soros Chair Professor at the School of Public Policy of the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest since April 1, 2019.
GLO Supports World Talent Alliance: Zimmermann Represents his Organization in Hong Kong
A Second Chance for Europe: German version of the book presented to the public in Berlin on April 5, 2019 by Jo Ritzen
GLO Malaysia Lead M. Niaz Asadullah Provides Public Lecture at University Malaysia Sabah in a Joint UMS-GLO Event on 17 April 2019.
GLO recommends: Take Microeconometrics with Professor Jeffrey M. Wooldridge at Kent University. Deadline is April 30, 2019.
UPDATE AND REMINDER: 5th International Conference on “Recent Advances in Economic and Social Research” on May 23-24, 2019 in Bucharest
17 April 2019: Joint UMS-GLO Public Lecture at University Malaysia Sabah with GLO Malaysia Lead M. Niaz Asadullah
April 10, 2019. All GLO Discussion Papers of March 2019 & the Discussion Paper of the Month suggesting that return migration improves social norms in Mali.
“Why is Populism on the Rise and What Do the Populists Want?”. Experts debate this in the Winter Issue of “The International Economy” magazine.
Paper submission to Brasov conference on 31 May to June 1, 2019 still possible until April 26.
April 1, 2019. Francesco Pastore & Marco Pompili on their research for Italy ‘What works for youth employment?’. GLO Research for Policy Note No. 1
May 23-24, 2019: Bucharest. 5th International Conference on “Recent Advances in Economic and Social Research”
Guangzhou, China; Jinan University, March 21-22, 2019. IESR-GLO Workshop on ‘Belt and Road’ – Labor Markets. What are the challenges on human resources issues? The exchange has begun.
GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann visited IESR in Guangzhou. IESR Dean Shuaizhang Feng appointed Editor of the Journal of Population Economics.
GLO President Zimmermann appointed Visiting Professor at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in March 2019. Highlights from the visit.
Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) in Kota Kinabalu: GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann delivered public University Silver Jubilee Lecture
EBES & GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann met EBES activists in Malysia to discuss EBES business issues
March 18, 2019. All GLO Discussion Papers of February 2019 & the Discussion Paper of the Month
Call for papers: Urban & Territorial Themes (NESPUTT 2019) 21-22 of November 2019 in Milan/Italy
March 1, 2019. Azita Berar on ‘Automation, jobs and inequality’. GLO Policy Brief No. 1
Call for Papers Kigali June 2019: 4th International Conference of Eastern Africa Business and Economic Watch (4th EABEW-2019)
Forthcoming Deadlines of GLO – supported events: Coventry/UK: February 28 and Brasov/Romania: March 1.
Journal of Population Economics: Issue 2/2019 Table of Content & Ten New Associate Editors
5 February 2019. GLO Discussion Papers January 2019 & Discussion Paper of the Month
8 February 2019. GLO-MSUIIT Public Lecture by M Niaz Asadullah on “Education 4.0: Technology, Teachers and Learners” on the Philippines.
Marco Leonardi on the fate of the Italian labor market reforms & his new book
WageIndicator celebrates twenty years of activity: Congratulations to Director Pauline Osse and her global teams! Interview with Pauline Osse.
The cold Brexit is most likely to come: What does it mean for the rest of Europe? Martin Kahanec and Klaus F. Zimmermann of GLO analyze the situation.
Announcement: 28th EBES Conference in Coventry (UK) in May 29-31, 2019
Inclusive and sustainable economic growth. Call for papers for a conference in Brasov/Romania
#Brexit deal rejected by 230 votes – “the largest defeat for a sitting government in history” (BBC). First evaluations of top economists.
The Eurasian Economic Review (EAER) seeks to attract high quality research papers in macro labor and on the interrelationships between financial and labor markets
Immigration restrictions lead to cultural separation across generations!
Migration fosters economic adjustment after shocks. European flexibility has increased.
Research on Africa shows: A rise in the disease risk increases fertility: Interview with Professor Yoo-Mi Chin
New GLO Research Cluster & Further Country Lead
Editorial Staff News for the Journal of Population Economics: Shuaizhang Feng, Kompal Sinha & Madeline Zavodny join the team. Issue 1/2019 out.
Kuznets Prize of the Journal of Population Economics given at the #ASSA2019 Reception of IESR in Atlanta.
First Renmin – GLO Conference on the Chinese Labor Market 2018: Final Program and Event Pictures
GLO President Zimmermann is also EBES President
GLO-Interview with Alfredo Toro Hardy about his new book on the Latin American view of the future of globalization
Centre for Workforce Futures, Macquarie University, has joined GLO Network
GLO Fellow Alfredo Toro Hardy Explains ‘The Crossroads of Globalization’ from a Latin American Perspective.
GLO Discussion Papers December 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
Happy Holidays and MORE from the GLO!
Join the Kuznets Prize Ceremony at ASSA 2019 in Atlanta
GLO Discussion Papers November 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
GLO Discussion Papers October 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
GLO President Zimmermann visited Örebro University in Sweden
GLO intensifies collaborations with Baku: Collaboration contract (MoU) signed and GLO President joins the Advisory Board of IGEP
GLO President visits government officials, business and the research community in Azerbaijan
Climate Change and Human Responses: More impressions from the KAS-FOM-GLO conference in Hong Kong
Conference Announcement: 28th EBES Conference in Coventry (UK) in 2019
EBES & GLO intensify collaboration: GLO President will also become EBES President
Hong Kong based German business meets GLO experts to debate the role of the city and business at the time of climate change
Climate Change and Human Responses: Impressions from a scientific debate in Hong Kong
“Climate Change and Human Responses”: GLO conference in Hong Kong with FOM & KAS has started on Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Is female breadwinning unhealthy for partnerships? Not broadly, says new evidence for the US and Australia
Zimmermann gave a research seminar at Beijing Normal University last Friday on arsenic drinking water
China Research promoted by the GLO Discussion Papers series: On the Chinese transition to permanent work contracts
Another GLO & University of Malaya Research Seminar took place in Kuala Lumpur on 19 October 2018
Update: More on the 10th CIER Anniversary on 18 October 2018 in Beijing
Expert Michele Bruni says: African mass emigration is not an option, but unavoidable.
GLO President Zimmermann delivered keynote speech at Beijing Capital University
GLO Fellow Michele Bruni, Beijing, studies the long-term implications of demographic change for China
Employment in China: CIER Forecasting Workshop debates future while celebrating CIER’s 10th anniversary
Recent Research Papers on the Chinese Labor Market
Renmin University of China & GLO Conference on the Chinese Labor Market on October 20-21: Program is out!
GLO President visits Beijing & Renmin University of China in October
GLO Discussion Papers September 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
Kuala Lumpur 19 October: GLO & University of Malaya Research Seminar on Mediums of Instruction
How gender and family types shape wealth and homeownership: New book from Palgrave Macmillan
GLO – supported scientific conferences and events 2018
Migration and well-being among those left behind: New research from the Journal of Population Economics
GLO Discussion Papers August 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
Joint GLO University of Malaya Seminar Series in Labor Economics Took Place in Kuala Lumpur.
GLO research initiatives on “Sexual Orientation and Work” & “Gender-based Violence”
Azita Berar Awad (previously ILO) joins GLO as Policy Director
Asian Productivity Organization (APO) workshop on The Impact of Education Policies on National Productivity Growth Completed in Manila/Philippines
GLO – recommended Kent University Workshop: Employment and Wage Determination in European Labour Markets
GLO directed special issue of the International Journal of Manpower on: “Sexual Orientation and the Labor Market”
Submission Deadline is August 15! Conference on the Chinese labor market in Beijing on 20-21 October 2018
Climate Change and Human Responses: Joint FOM-GLO-KAS Conference in Hong Kong
GLO Discussion Papers July 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
Submission deadline extended to October 1, 2018: 60th ISLE Annual Conference, 19-21 December 2018, Mumbai, India
GLO – UM Joint Seminar at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 21, 2018
GLO Fellows Wim Naudé & Alessio J. G. Brown with GLO President Zimmermann at UNU-MERIT annual internal research conference
EBES and GLO confirm long-term collaborations between both organizations
New GLO Discussion Paper investigates how life satisfaction of couples relates to the allocation of housework between them.
Special issue on hiring discrimination edited by GLO Fellows
WISE Labor Conference at Xiamen University, China, on the 8-9 December 2018 with GLO participants
Challenges for European Integration: Monetary, Fiscal and Labor Issues Discussed at Conference in Linz/Austria
GLO members visited the Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in Uppsala
GLO Discussion Papers June 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
International Conference in Berlin: Highlights of EBES25 with GLO & FOM in Berlin
Danny Blanchflower joins GLO as additional Research Director
Oded Galor of Brown University becomes Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. Interview with Galor about Unified Growth Theory and journal editing.
Erdal Tekin (American University) leaves position as Editor of the Journal of Population Economics. Followed by Oded Galor of Brown University. Interview with Erdal Tekin about public policy research and journal editing.
Publishing frontier research – the Journal of Population Economics. 2018 Report of the Editor-in-Chief available!
First Renmin University & GLO Conference on the Chinese labor market in Beijing on 20-21 October 2018. Submission deadline is August 15!
International Summer School on Migration and Asylum joins GLO as institutional supporter. Deadline for next Summer School is June 15, 2018!
Second Conference of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) in Seoul on 13-15 December 2018
CALL FOR PAPERS: 60th ISLE Annual Labour Conference on 19-21 December 2018 in Mumbai, India
The Institute of Global Economic Problems in Baku/Azerbaijan joins GLO as institutional supporter. Natig Shirinzade becomes GLO Country Lead Azerbaijan
GLO Discussion Papers May 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
GLO at AIEL 2018: Submission Deadline is June 10, 2018.
New study in the Journal of Population Economics reveals: Informal job search comes with a significant wage penalty!
EBES Conference in Prague in October 2018: Submission Deadline 31 July 2018
Understanding the Challenges of the NEW Austrian Government Program. Video Analysis Available
GLO Fellows Stijn Baert & Sunčica Vujić find that volunteering fosters employment
Re: Compliance with GDPR about GLO “Membership”
Re: GLO Compliance with GDPR about GLO “News”
EBES 25 in Berlin honors GLO President Zimmermann for his lifetime contributions to the areas of labor, population economics, and migration.
FOM University and GLO: GLO Fellow Alexander Spermann (Freiburg University) Appointed Professor of Economics at FOM Cologne
GLO joined with global scholars to convene at Yale for the advances of the world’s largest health system
Update: Full Program for the 25th EBES conference at FOM University in Berlin on May 23-25, 2018. Christoph Kannengießer (CEO, German African Business Association) speaks on Africa Panel. GLO RECEPTION in the Wasserwerk.
GLO NEWS: Journal of Population Economics, Volume 31 Number 3, now available online!
GLO Discussion Papers April 2018 & Discussion Paper of the Month
New Research Shows: Small, Young Companies are Driving Job Creation – Also in Tunisia
Reminder: Four GLO Supported Scientific Events in May
Book Series “Population Economics”: Contributions Invited
New GLO Discussion Paper: Selective Labor Immigration Policies Matter in Canada
Does Foreign Aid Stop Refugee Flows? New Evidence for the Policy Debate From a New GLO Paper
GLO Present at Important Health Policy and Healthcare Event at Yale University on May 11-13, 2018
May 10-11, 2018 Bucharest Conference on Economic and Social Research: Paper Submissions Possible Until May 2!
European Development Research Network publish special issue on Migration & Development: Research & Policy
Romanian evidence on fertility preferences: How the 1966 abortion ban has affected next-generation demand for children
“Inter-generational cultural assimilation is hindered by immigration restrictions”
GLO President visited Jinan University in Guangzhou/China from March 11 to March 20: A summary and overview
Eastern Orthodox believers are less happy and have less social capital, a new GLO study shows.
A Full Employment Strategy for Europe: New GLO Discussion Paper of Ritzen & Zimmermann
GLO Discussion Paper of the month: How Adult Wellbeing is Affected by Family and Childhood & ALL MARCH GLO DP’s OPEN ACCESS
Niaz Asadullah and Klaus F. Zimmermann met at Jinan University, China, in Guangzhou, to discuss the GLO Southeast Asia program
GLO Sessions at the forthcoming 25th EBES conference at FOM University in Berlin on May 23, 2018
Can rising inequality be a cause of fading hope? Evidence for the United States.
Joint IESR – GLO Labor Workshop at Jinan University, China, on March 13, 2018
INBAM Publishing Workshop for Emerging Scholars – 23-25 May 2018 at Kingston University: Invitation to participate
New Jobs at Gent University on Global Global Governance and Integration Studies
GLO President Zimmermann on Tour Through Europe: Nicosia, Glasgow, Vienna and St Petersburg
GLO Discussion Papers February 2018. With GLO Discussion Paper of the Month on Labor Mobility in the US and Europe!!
Nauro Campos on the Perspectives of Comparative Economics
Attention: Abstract Submission Deadline for EBES – GLO – FOM Conference in Berlin is February 28!
How marriage delays cause earnings increases and what it means for society: Interview with author Le Wang of the University of Oklahoma
2018 Kuznets Prize Awarded to Chunbei Wang and Le Wang of the University of Oklahoma: How marriage delays cause earnings increases
The marital satisfaction of differently aged couples: Read a fresh & innovative research paper
Nauro Campos (Brunel University London) New Editor of the Research Journal Comparative Economic Studies
Fresh Research on Economic Demography: New Issue of the Journal of Population Economics Available – See Content
GLO Papers January 2018; GLO has published 175 Discussion Papers Since March 2017
REMINDER: Call for Papers on “Sexual Orientation and the Labor Market”. Deadline for Research Journal is 31 August 2018
Germany, Europe at the Crossroads: German Social Democrats vote for further negotiations about a Grand Coalition
REMINDER: Call for Papers on “School to Work Transitions”. Deadline for Research Journal is February 15, 2018
ASSA Meeting Celebrates Nobel Prize Winners in Economics
Berlin Conference: EBES-25 is jointly organized with FOM Berlin and the GLO
GLO at the ASSA Conference in Philadelphia, January 5 – 7, 2018. Meet GLO President Zimmermann.
GLO Season’s Greetings!
GLO in Buenos Aires: Kahanec speaks to Migration and Trade Conference
GLO Session at the Inaugural Conference of the Asian and Australasian Society of Labour Economics (AASLE) in Canberra
Call for papers: Conference on “Globalisation and Labour Markets”, London June 14-15, 2018.
GLO Representative Martin Kahanec at IOM event in Buenos Aires on Migration, Trade & the Global Economy
GLO President Zimmermann meets MP Andrew Leigh in Canberra to discuss the merits of openness.
The Economics of Population Aging
GLO President Zimmermann speaks in Wollongong & Sydney
Important GLO-supported journal projects: Published issues & Call for papers for special issues
Tirana/Albania: Forthcoming International Conference on 1-2 December 2017
Health Policy and Healthcare Event at Yale University supported by GLO
GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann is Eminent Research Scholar & Visiting Professor at Melbourne University in Australia. Seminars in Perth and Melbourne
Understanding Latin America: GLO Fellow Alfredo Toro Hardy provides the decoding guide.
GLO at the Transilvanian University in Brasov
CEU in Budapest still struggles for independence: Letter of Rector Michael Ignatieff
Transilvania University of Brasov: Conference Program on “Inclusive and Sustainable Economic Growth” is Up
Bellagio & Milan/Italy: GLO President Zimmermann spoke on Migration Policy Issues
GLO Call for papers for special issue on “Sexual Orientation and the Labor Market”
Transilvania University of Brasov Conference with GLO session on “Issues in Global Labor”
Jo Ritzen: GLO Fellow presents his new book on Europe in Brussels
2018 meeting of Society of the Economics of the HOusehold (SEHO) will be held on May 23 and 24 at the Paris School of Economics
Mexico needs help: Relief efforts after the terrible earthquakes
27th academic year begins: Central European University (CEU) at times of challenge
GLO Fellow Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University spoke at UNU-MERIT on the Impact of School Quality on the Housing Market
Kyiv Conference on Population Wellbeing Ends Successfully
Reminder: UNU-MERIT Seminar on “School Quality & Property Prices” on September 18 in Maastricht
Following Alessio Brown, Michaella Vanore is the New Managing Editor of the Journal of Population Economics
GLO Session on Annual Conference of the Italian Labor Economists Chaired by Francesco Pastore
Population Wellbeing in Post-Transition Economies: Conference Program for Kyiv Online
Submission deadline for GLO supported Labour Conference in Kerela/India is 30 September 2017
GLO Fellows Andreu Mas-Colell and Rick van der Ploeg delivered speeches in Budapest
# I stand with CEU! GLO Fellows and Academicians expressed their solidarity at CEU in Budapest
GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann on: Why we need global scientific policy advice.
GLO Fellows Asadullah & Maliki on: Bottling Indonesia’s Gini
GLO President Zimmermann re-elected as Section Chair “Economics, Business and Management Sciences” of the Council of Academia Europaea
Andreu Mas-Colell speaks on “Is the era of work ending?”
Impressive WageIndicator Foundation Conference Honored Innovator Kea Tijdens
Excellent Media Coverage of Prestigious Economics Conference in Umag/Croatia: Economics in a Changing World
The next generation of “Monitoring Wages Worldwide”: Discussion meeting in Amsterdam on September 1, 2017
GLO Fellow John Haisken-DeNew of Melbourne University will speak at UNU-MERIT
ALMR Workshop with GLO Fellow Boyd Hunter and Klaus F. Zimmermann in Canberra/Australia
GLO Session at Conference in Malaysia – Pictures of the Event
Major Breakthrough: FOM – University of Applied Sciences and GLO collaborate
GLO Fellows Niaz Asadullah & Maliki Achmad in Jakarta “Fighting Inequality”
New GLO Research Groups on “Green Jobs” & “African Labor Markets”
“The Scientist and Policy Making”: MAE & GLO Economists in Budapest
EBES Conference in Bangkok in January 2018: Submission Deadline 31 October 2017
GLO President receives prestigious Australian Eminent Research Scholar Award
GLO Session at ICAEP Conference in Kuala Lumpur now up
Career Training & Scientific Publications: INBAM & GLO Collaborate
August GLO Activities in Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur
Umag/Croatia-Excel Conference Program is up!
Enlarged GLO Management Board. Matloob Piracha follows Alessio Brown
Monitoring Wages Worldwide through “WageIndicator”: Forthcoming Amsterdam Conference with GLO support
GLO supports 59th ISLE Labour Conference in Kerela/India
GLO Fellow John P. Haisken-DeNew on Challenges to the Australian Auto Industry
INBAM supports the GLO network
May 2018: Joint GLO – EBES Conference in Berlin
Call for Papers on Comparative Wealth and Income Research
GLO Fellow Eva Sierminska leads new research cluster on Labor and Wealth
GLO President Zimmermann is EBES Fellow 2018
GLO Heads Brown & Zimmermann on the Hounds of Globalization
GLO led Session at the APPAM International Conference in Brussels, 13-14 July 2017
Kyiv Conference: Well-Being in Post-Transition Economies
GLO Project: Fostering Research on School to Work Transitions
GLO Fellow Grossbard creates Society for Household Economics
GLO Fellow Alexander Kritikos on open economies, welfare and redistribution policies
IEA World Congress in Mexico City with many GLO Fellows presenting their research work
Call for Papers: 23rd EBES Conference – Madrid, September 27-29, 2017
Now 600 Individual Members From 88 Countries!
“A Second Chance for Europe” is badly needed!
Hamermesh on the “Demand for Labor”
GLO launches the GLO Clusters
EBES conference in Rome: GLO President Zimmermann delivers keynote on migration
Prestigious Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship for GLO President Zimmermann
GLO DP: April Top Downloads – 2,500
Free Access to PanelWhiz for the GLO Network
Economics Conference in Croatia: Deadline for Abstracts is May 15, 2017
GLO Fellow Phani Wunnava directs Symposium on Remittances
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