November 30 -December 2 , 2026. Sessions are in-person in Bonn. CET Berlin.
Draft Oct. 9, 2026; 3:00 pm CEST.
Conference venue: Gustav Stresemann Institut (GSI), Langer Grabenweg 68
53175 Bonn-Bad Godesberg, Germany
Online participation available for all GLO-Bonn-2026 participants.
Zoom LINK will be provided in time.
NOTE: PRELIMINARY!!
(*B = confirmed but not finally registered)
NOVEMBER 30, 2026
Starting 10:00 Conference Registration Open
11:00 – 13:00 GLO & JOPE Business Meetings
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13:30 Conference Opening: Welcome
***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION I. Renmin University of China & GLO
Chair: Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China & GLO)
- Zeyang Chen (Renmin University of China)
Cultivating Agency in the AI Era: A Field Experiment in Middle Schools - Lin Lin (Renmin University of China)
AI Capability and Credential-Matched Job Choice: Experimental Evidence from China - Liqiu Zhao (Renmin University of China)
Gender-Biased Labor Demand and Fertility: Evidence from China’s Special Economic Zones - Zhong Zhao (Renmin University of China)
How Online Food Delivery Platform Reshapes Time Allocation and Gender Division in Chinese Households
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***> 16:30 – 18:30 SESSION II. China
Chair: Agnieszka Postepska (University of Groningen & GLO)
- Minghai Zhou (Zhejiang University)
Gendered Impacts of Housing Prices on Adolescent Mental Health: The Role of Sibling Sex Composition - Mingming Li (University of Innsbruck)
From Housing Institutions to Gendered Fields of Study: The Educational Conversion of Institutional Advantage in Marketizing China - Ao Yin (University of Groningen) & Agnieszka Postepska (University of Groningen)
Discretion, Marketization, and the Gender Wage Gap in China
Optional: Visit of Bonn Christmas Market
Day 1 ends;
December 1, 2026
Starting 08:00 Conference Registration Open
***> 08:30 – 10:30 SESSION III-A. Career Issues I
Chair: Lars Weichhan (HR-Academy & GLO)
- Mehrzad B. Baktash (University of Trier) & Uwe Jirjahn University of Trier)
Up to the Top or Stuck in the Middle: Does Gender Influence How Far Machiavellian Personalities Climb the Corporate Ladder? - Arsène Perrot (Gran Sasso Science Institute) & Paolo Veneri (Gran Sasso Science Institute)
Learning Apart? Workplace Segregation and Learning Across Workers - Sona Badalyan (University of Bonn)
Crowded Career Ladders? Intra-firm Spillovers of Raised Retirement Age - Urvi Dhar (Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad)
Does Entry Route Matter? Career Pathways, Human Capital, and Judicial Decisions
***> 08:30 – 10:30 SESSION III-B. Fertility
Chair: Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland & GLO)
- Pawel Struski (GRAPE) & Joanna Tyrowicz (GRAPE)
Trends in parity and fertility around the world - Charlotte Eisvogel (University of Bonn), Mateus Maciel (University of Tübingen) & David Zuchowski (Universitat de València)
Let’s Connect: Mobile Internet and Fertility Behavior - Rachel Forshaw (Heriot-Watt University) & Eoin McLaughlin (Heriot-Watt University)
Furlough Babies? Employment Protection and the Fertility Response to an Economic Shock - Gylfi Zoega (University of Iceland) & Vilmundur Torfason (University of Rotterdam)
Do Gender Gaps in Education Affect Matching and Fertility?
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***> 11:00 – 13:00 SESSION IV. Plenary
Chair: Matloob Piracha (University of Kent & GLO)
***> 11:00 – 12:00 Keynote
Matthias Sutter (Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods & University of Cologne & GLO): How to be a good leader: Insights from behavioral economics
***> 12:00 – 13:00 Career Issues II
- Marlon Francisco (Nova School of Business and Economics)
Follow the Leader: The effect of former peers on employment decisions - Agnieszka Postepska (University of Groningen)
Role Models, Parents, and Gendered-Typed Career Choices
LUNCH BREAK
***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION V-A. Migration I
Chair: Martin Kahanec (Central European University & GLO)
- Istvan Konya (Budapest Corvinus University)
Wage bargaining, relative prices and capital: the impact of immigration on wages and wage inequality - Marina Dodlova (University of Münster, University of Passau, CESifo), Marcel Kossack (University of Münster) & Lukas Möller-Sappelt (University of Münster)
Labor Market Effects of Ukrainian Refugees in Germany - Davit Adunts (IAB) & Andreas Vortisch (IAB)
Tapping Foreign Potential: How Germany’s Western Balkans Regulation Shaped Labor Migration - Zwivhuya Mashele (University of Pretoria) *B
Wage protection for irregular migrant workers in South Africa’s location-based platforms
***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION V-B. Education
Chair: Harry Anthony Patrinos (University of Arkansas & GLO)
- Sahawal Alidou (African Development Bank)
Exploring an apparent paradox: Preschool education and primary school learning outcomes in Togo - Chihiro Inoue (Kobe University), Yutaro Nakai (Barcelona School of Economics), Suguru Otani (University of Tokyo) & Xiangyun Yin (Kobe University)
A Cram-School Tutor Like Me: Tutor Gender, Generation, and Student Retention - Yi Tang (University of Surrey)
Do Teachers Favour Girls in Grading? A Difference-in-Differences Study Based on England Cohort and Administrative Data - Harry Anthony Patrinos (University of Arkansas) & Angelica Rivera-Olvera (University of Arkansas)
Education and Earnings in Europe
***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION V-C. Love & Life
Chair: Viola Angelini (University of Groningen, GLO & JOPE Associate Editor)
- Youngji Hwang (Seoul National University)
Do Couples Divorce Later in Hard Times? Focusing on the Effect of Unemployment on Divorce During Recessions in Korea - Mateus Maciel (University of Tübingen)
Rushing to the altar? Same-sex marriages when rights feel at risk - Meghna (Indian Institute of Technology Indore) & Kalandi Charan Pradhan (Indian Institute of Technology Indore)
When Men Work, Do Women Work? Sectoral Patterns of Intra-household Labor Supply in India - Viola Angelini (University of Groningen & JOPE Associate Editor), Rob Alessie (University of Groningen) & Eduard Suari-Andreu
Of love and other motives: the within-family distribution of gifts and inheritances
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***> 16:30 – 18:30 SESSION VI-A. Migration II
Chair: Martha Ottenbacher (University Luxembourg & GLO)
- Renan Marques (Duke University), Mateus Maciel (University of Tübingen) & David Zuchowski (University of Valencia)
Under pressure? Forced migration and public health - Mateus Maciel (University of Tübingen) & David Zuchowski (University of Valencia)
Immigration and Crime - Jesús Arellano-González (Banco de Mexico) & Daniel Osuna-Gomez (Banco de Mexico)
The Effect of Return Migration on Prices - Martha Ottenbacher (University Luxembourg), Aia Zaiter ((University Luxembourg), Axel Grund (University Luxembourg) & Philipp Sonnleitner (University Luxembourg)
Global migration and local integration: On the long-term effects of early grade retention
***> 16:30 – 18:30 SESSION VI-B. Wellbeing
Chair: Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies, GLO & JOPE Associate Editor)
- Francesco Berlingieri (European Commission, Joint Research Centre), Béatrice d’Hombres (European Commission, Joint Research Centre) & Caterina Mauri (Vrije Universiteit Brussel)
Young and lonely: Interviewer presence and stigma perceptions - Daniele Marchesi (University of Groningen) & Milena Nikolova (University of Groningen)
Income and Happiness - Rocco Caferra (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”), Giuseppe Di (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”), Andrea Morone (University of Bari “Aldo Moro”), and David Stadelmann (University of Bayreuth)
Lives, Life-Years, and Livelihoods: Scientists’ Values and Population Welfare Priorities during COVID-19 - Bakhrom Mirkasimov (Westminster International University), Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies; JOPE Associate Editor), Vladimir Otrachshenko (National Bank of Slovakia), Nargiza Jurakulova (Westminster International University) & Nargiza Alimukhamedova (Westminster International University)
Do informal institutions smooth well-being during economic hardship? The case of the Uzbek gap
***> 16:30 – 18:30 SESSION VI-C. India I
Chair: Ayona Bhattacharjee (IMI New Delhi)
- Soumi Bose (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad Campus) & Shreya Biswas (BITS, Pilani, Hyderabad Campus) *B
Beyond the ban: Women’s employment dynamics in Bihar - Manhar Manchanda (University of Göttingen) *B
Bringing Justice Closer? Evidence from a Gender-Responsive Policing Reform in India - Prakashani Singh (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur), Neelanjan Datta (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) & Sohini Sahu (Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur) *B
Gender budgeting, school infrastructure, and girls’ schooling participation: Evidence from the Indian states - Iqbal Naved (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) & Rama Pal (Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay) *B
Structural Change in Parental Time Investment in Child Learning: NEP 2020 and Regional Economic Conditions in India - Ayona Bhattacharjee (IMI New Delhi), Mausumi Das (Delhi School of Economics) & Mukta Jain
Income Differentials & Rate of Time Preference: A Developing Country Perspective
Optional: Visit of Bonn Christmas Market
Day 2 ends;
December 2, 2026
Starting 08:00 Conference Registration Open
***> 08:30 – 10:30 SESSION VII-A. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Chair: Milena Nikolova (University of Groningen & GLO)
- Libo Chen (University of Southampton)
Artificial Intelligence and Occupational Switch: Evidence from Linked Patent and Microdata in the US - Juliette de Wit (University of Groningen) & Milena Nikolova (University of Groningen)
Entrepreneurs as Early Adopters of Generative AI - Hitanshu Pandit (Northeastern University) *B
Splitting the Stack: Generative AI and the Cross-Country Division of White-Collar Work - Milena Nikolova (University of Groningen), Viliana Milanova (University of Groningen) & Feicheng Wang (University of Groningen)
When AI Does the Work: Does Attribution Shape Meaning and Effort?
***> 08:30 – 10:30 SESSION VII-B. Health
Chair: Naveen Sunder (Bentley University)
- Yumei Yang (Beijing Forestry University, GLO & UNU-MERIT), Kompal Sinha (Macquarie University) & Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO & UNU-MERIT)
World Health Organization (WHO) - Nilanjan Bhattacharya (Indian Statistical Institute Delhi)
Credit Supply Shocks and Health: Evidence from India’s Microfinance Crisis - Averi Chakrabarti (American Institutes for Research), Garima Siwach (American Institutes for Research), Chinmaya Holla (American Institutes for Research), Adria Molotsky (American Institutes for Research) & Karan Babbar (Xavier School of Management, India)
Evaluating the Effects of a Menstrual Health and Hygiene Management Intervention in India - Naveen Sunder (Bentley University)
Education and Trust in Medicine: Evidence from Five Natural Experiments in Africa
***> 08:30 – 10:30 SESSION VII-C. India II
Chair: Seema Sangita (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
- Iznallah Iznallah (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) & Anupam Guha (IIT Bombay) *B
General Deterrence and the Limits of the Enforcement Record: Evidence from Speech Regulation in India, Turkey and the United States - Kingshuk Sarkar (Goa Institute of Management) *B
Reimagining the Relevance of Minimum Wage in Predominantly Informal Labour Market in India - Haripriya Gundimeda (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) & Devashish Singh (IIT Bombay) *B
Tariff Reductions, Port Access and Labour Reallocation in India: A Multi-Region CGE Analysis - Jhilam Ray (Jadavpur University), Tamal Kayal (Jadavpur University) & Prasenjit Ghosh (Jadavpur University) *B
Whither India ? Education Attainment, its Trend and Future at 2047 - Seema Sangita (Jawaharlal Nehru University)
Unequal effect of computer technology on intra-factory wages and employment
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***> 11:00 – 13:00 SESSION VIII. Plenary
Chair: Klaus F. Zimmermann (GLO)
***> 11:00 – 12:00 Keynote
Klaus Prettner (Vienna University of Economics and Business & GLO; JOPE Associate Editor):
AI, wage inequality, and the labor share
***> 12:00 – 13:00 Human Capital Challenges
- Olha Zadorozhna (Kozminski University), Martin Kahanec (Central European University) & Oleksandr Talavera (University of Birmingham) *B
Borders of Integration: The CEU Relocation and Frictions in the EU Academic Labour Market - Harry Anthony Patrinos (University of Arkansas)
Seventy Years of Human Capital: What We Know and What We Still Need to Learn
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***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION IX-A. Gender
Chair: Enrico Rettore (University of Padova & GLO)
- Mihails Hazans (BICEPS and University of Latvia), Maxim Levchenko (BICEPS) & Ija Trapeznikova (BICEPS and Royal Holloway University of London)
Reverse Gender Gap: How Different Are Similarly Paid Men and Women in Europe? - Saurabh Gupta (Plaksha University) & Prakarsh Singh (Plaksha University)
The Gendered Impact of Employment Protection Legislation - Prakarsh Singh (Plaksha University), Anshika Arora & Sarvnipun Kaur
Working-Time Regulations and Women’s Labor Market Outcomes - Ilaria Beghini (University of Padova) & Enrico Rettore (University of Padova
Male reaction to female empowerment: the case of Italian municipality elections
***> 14:00 – 16:00 SESSION IX-B. Political Economy
Chair: Prakarsh Singh (Plaksha University & GLO)
- Mihajlo Đukić (Institute of Economic Sciences)
Taxing Risky Behavior - Olga Popova (Leibniz Institute for East and Southeast European Studies), Petar Stankov (Royal Holloway, University of London), Vladimir Otrachshenko (National Bank of Slovakia) & Guglielmo Valastro (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Does a democratic environmental Kuznets curve exist? Evidence from historical data - Shikha B. Silwal (Washington and Lee University & Chulalongkorn University)
Wartime Destruction of Cultural Heritage *B - Rohit Duwadi (Plaksha University) & Prakarsh Singh (Plaksha University)
Terrorism and Capital-Labour Substitution
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***> 16:30 – 18:30 SESSION X-A. Child Development
Chair: Richard Akresh (University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign & GLO)
- Gerjan Zwiers (University of Groningen)
The Effect of Unilateral Divorce Laws on Children’s Later-Life Outcomes: Does it Run Through Divorce? - Rupsa Majumdar (Indian Institute of Technology), Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology)
Soil Endowment, Intimate Partner Violence, and Child Health Outcomes - Sarani Saha (Indian Institute of Technology), Gargi Sarkar (Indian Institute of Technology) & Sounak Thakur (Indian Institute of Technology)
Widowhood, Rainfall Shocks and Child Nutrition: Evidence from India - Richard Akresh (University Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Damien de Walque (The World Bank), Harounan Kazianga (Oklahoma State University) & Abigail Stocker (College of William & Mary)
Medium-Term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child Development
19.30 Reception & Conference Dinner @ GSI
Online part of the conference ends;