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Posts of the last 30 days

Is Covid-19 “The Great Leveler”? The Critical Role of Social Identity in Lockdown-induced Job Losses. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Ashwini Deshpande & Rajesh Ramachandran
August 5, 2020 9:00 am
Excess Mortality as a Predictor of Mortality Crises: The Case of COVID-19 in Italy. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Paolo Verme & Lidia Ceriani
August 4, 2020 9:00 am
Is labour market discrimination against ethnic minorities better explained by taste or statistics? A systematic review of the empirical evidence in a new GLO Discussion Paper by Stijn Baert and colleagues.
August 3, 2020 12:22 pm
As if it weren’t hard enough already: Breaking down hiring discrimination following burnout. A GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Stijn Baert and colleagues.
August 2, 2020 9:00 am
Erasmus Exchange Program more used by older students. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Magnus Carlsson & colleagues.
August 1, 2020 9:00 am
Social Remittances: A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Michele Tuccio and Jackline Wahba
July 31, 2020 8:00 am
Ethnic Diversity, Concentration of Political Power and the Curse of Natural Resources. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Waqar Wadho & Sadia Hussain
July 30, 2020 11:00 am
32nd EBES Conference takes place virtually administered from Istanbul, August 5-7, 2020. Final Program available now.
July 30, 2020 9:00 am
The iceberg decomposition: a parsimonious way to map the health of labour markets. A new GLO Discussion Paper by Stijn Baert.
July 29, 2020 10:55 am
Journal of Population Economics: One third rise in submissions, highest impact factor ever, fast editorial decisions.
July 29, 2020 9:00 am
The Effect of COVID-19 Lockdown on Mobility and Traffic Accidents: Evidence from Louisiana. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Louis-Philippe Beland and colleagues.
July 28, 2020 11:00 am
Unemployment of Unskilled Labor due to COVID-19 led Restriction on Migration and Trade. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Biswajit Mandal and colleagues.
July 28, 2020 9:00 am
Reacting quickly and protecting jobs: The short-term impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown on the Greek labor market. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Nicholas Giannakopoulos and colleagues.
July 28, 2020 7:00 am
A Global City in a Global Pandemic: Assessing the Ongoing Impact of COVID Induced Trends on London’s Economic Sectors. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Jonathan Portes and colleagues.
July 27, 2020 10:00 am
Now open access online: Does immigration decrease far-right popularity? Evidence from Finnish municipalities. By GLO Fellow Jakub Lonsky.
July 27, 2020 9:30 am
The Covid-19 Pandemic and Lockdown: First Order Effects on Gender Gaps in Employment and Domestic Time Use in India. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Ashwini Deshpande.
July 27, 2020 6:00 am
Does the COVID-19 Pandemic Improve Global Air Quality? A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Hai-Anh Dang and Trong-Anh Trinh
July 26, 2020 4:54 pm
The impact of computer-assisted personal interviewing on survey duration, quality, and cost: A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Elisabetta Gentile and colleagues.
July 26, 2020 10:43 am
The Distributional Impact of Recurrent Immovable Property Taxation in Greece. A new GLO Discussion Paper by Andriopoulou, Kanavitsa, Leventi and Tsakloglou.
July 25, 2020 11:00 am
Does the Rise of Robotic Technology Make People Healthier? A new GLO Discussion Paper by Christian Gunadi and Hanbyul Ryu.
July 25, 2020 9:00 am
Ansgar Belke: In memoriam.
July 24, 2020 7:55 pm
Assessing the role of women in tourism related sectors in the Caribbean. A new GLO Discussion Paper by Francesco Pastore, Allan Webster & Kevin Hope
July 24, 2020 9:00 am
COVID-19, Race, and Redlining. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Graziella Bertocchi & Arcangelo Dimico.
July 23, 2020 9:00 am
October 2020 Issue of the Journal of Population Economics Now Published. SSCI Impact Factor has improved from 1.3 to 1.8.
July 22, 2020 5:00 pm
A Signal of (Train)ability? Grade Repetition and Hiring Chances. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Stijn Baert & Matteo Picchio
July 22, 2020 11:00 am
Wage Losses and Inequality in Developing Countries: labor market and distributional consequences of Covid-19 lockdowns in Turkey. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Anil Duman
July 22, 2020 9:00 am
Promoting Female Interest in Economics: Limits to Nudges. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Todd Pugatch & Elizabeth Schroeder.
July 21, 2020 11:00 am
A Literature Review of the Economics of COVID-19: A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Abel Brodeur & colleagues.
July 21, 2020 9:00 am
Sometimes your best just ain’t good enough: The worldwide evidence on subjective well-being efficiency in a new Discussion Paper by GLO Fellows Milena Nikolova & Olga Popova
July 20, 2020 9:00 am
Stuck at a crossroads? The duration of the Italian school-to-work transition. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Francesco Pastore & co-authors.
July 19, 2020 9:00 am
China’s Economic Demography Transition Strategy: A Population Weighted Approach to the Economy and Policy by GLO Fellow Lauren A. Johnston in her new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 18, 2020 9:00 am
Childhood Circumstances and Health Inequality in Old Age: Comparative Evidence from China and the United States. A new GLO Discussion Paper by GLO Fellow Xi Chen and co-authors.
July 17, 2020 11:39 am
Economic preferences across generations and family clusters: A large-scale experiment. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 16, 2020 9:00 am
GLO Paper of the Month June: Linguistic Traits and Human Capital Formation by Oded Galor, Ömer Özak & Assaf Sarid
July 15, 2020 3:00 pm
Effects of Peers and Rank on Cognition, Preferences, and Personality. A new GLO Discussion Paper
July 15, 2020 12:02 pm
Who Goes on Disability when Times are Tough? The Role of Work Norms among Immigrants. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 13, 2020 9:00 am
Alfredo Toro Hardy on his new book about “China versus the US. Who will prevail?” What do we have to expect? “The confrontation between China and the US has become structural and not simply conjectural.”
July 12, 2020 10:00 am
Immigration Policy and Immigrants’ Sleep. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 12, 2020 10:00 am
Preserving job matches during the COVID-19 pandemic: firm-level evidence on the role of government aid. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 11, 2020 10:00 am
Marie Claire Villeval teaches norms in the streets. Video from the GLO Virtual Seminar Series.
July 10, 2020 2:20 pm
Women at Work in the Pre-Civil War United States: An Analysis of Unreported Family Workers in a new GLO Discussion Paper by Barry Chiswick & RaeAnn Halenda Robinson
July 10, 2020 10:58 am
Trick or treat? The Brexit effect on immigrants’ wellbeing in the UK. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 9, 2020 11:45 am
The Short-Term Effect of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Workers in Canada. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 8, 2020 9:00 am
Series of webinars (July 9-30, 2020) on “Modeling COVID-19 Pandemic: Resources, Methodology, and Applications”. Register Now!
July 7, 2020 11:00 am
A tale of three countries: How did Covid-19 lockdown impact happiness? A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 7, 2020 9:08 am
The Impact of Forced Displacement on Host Communities. A new GLO Discussion Paper.
July 6, 2020 9:00 am