New GLO Discussion Papers of October 2025. Great Contributions to All Areas of Labor and Population Economics. Click Title to Access Abstract or Download PDF. 12 Articles Free to Access: New GLO Discussion Papers of October 2025 1684 Towards improved menstrual health: The impact of period products on reproductive tract infections – Download PDFby Babbar, Karan & Ojha, Manini…

In a period of rising uncertainty in the China-German governmental relationships, GLO President Klaus F. Zimmermann travels to Beijing on October 29 to co-organize a scientific conference at Renmin University of China. Zimmermann, who is a honorary professor of 3 Chinese universities and a frequent visitor of China, will meet various contacts in the Chinese capital. The academic conference is on November 1-2, 2025; it is the 8th Renmin University & GLO Annual Conference (see detailed program).

Astghik Mavisakalyan of Curtin University joins the team of editors of the Journal of Population Economics. She will in particular deal with manuscripts studying gender, domestic violence and family issues. Astghik Mavisakalyan is a Professor of Economics at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University, and a Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), leading Curtin’s node.

Astghik Mavisakalyan of Curtin University joins the team of editors of the Journal of Population Economics. She will in particular deal with manuscripts studying gender, domestic violence and family issues. Astghik Mavisakalyan is a Professor of Economics at the Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre, Curtin University, and a Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for the Elimination of Violence against Women (CEVAW), leading Curtin’s node.

Second Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on all areas of applied human resources issues to its annual hybrid global GLO-JOPE 2025 conference (3-5 December 2025). Supported by the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE), it organizes online sessions for this period, and on December 4-5 a connected in-person event in the Science Center Bonn.

The Global Labor Organization (GLO) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for its annual conference (GLO JOPE Bonn 2025), which will be held from December 3-5, 2025 online and in-person in Bonn/Germany. Affiliated to this conference are online Job Market Sessions for young scholars, which have been very successful in previous years. The submission deadline for these sessions is…

Second Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on

Second Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on all areas of applied human resources issues to its annual hybrid global GLO-JOPE 2025 conference (3-5 December 2025). Supported by the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE), it organizes online sessions for this period, and on December 4-5 a connected in-person event in the Science Center Bonn.

Alison L. Booth, an Australian labor economist and novelist, has released her latest book, "Death at Booroomba," set for presentation at the Global GLO 2025 Conference. The novel intertwines themes of trauma and institutional trust, highlighting her dual expertise in economics and storytelling, reflecting small-town Australia’s complexities.

Claudio Costanzo (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & ECARES) receives the 2026 Kuznets Prize for his FREE READ ( article Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing, which was published in the Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38, article 51. The annual prize honors the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics in the previous year. 

Claudio Costanzo (European Commission’s Joint Research Centre & ECARES) receives the 2026 Kuznets Prize for his FREE READ ( article Robots, jobs, and optimal fertility timing, which was published in the Journal of Population Economics (2025), 38, article 51. The annual prize honors the best article published in the Journal of Population Economics in the previous year. 

New Associate Editors of the Journal of Population Economics appointed: Liqiu Zhao, Renmin University of China, Beijing, China, and Nicolas Salamanca, University of Melbourne, Australia, have taken office supporting the ongoing success story of the Journal of Population Economics. Liqiu Zhao is also a co-organizer of the 8th Renmin University of China – GLO Annual Conference on “Micro Population Economics and Human Relations”, 1-2 November 2025, Beijing, China, which is also supported by the…

New GLO Discussion Papers of August 2025. Great Contributions to All Areas of Labor and Population Economics. Click Title to Access Abstract. 17 Articles Free to Access: New GLO Discussion Papers of September 2025 1672 Property Rights and Violence: Evidence from the End of the American West – Download PDFby Petach, Luke 1671 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Participation and Cognitive Decline among Older Americans…

First Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on all areas of applied human resources issues to its annual hybrid global GLO-JOPE 2025 conference (3-5 December 2025). Supported by the Journal of Population Economics, it organizes online sessions for this period, and on December 4-5 a connected in-person event in the Science Center Bonn. Submissions are open, and the submission deadline is October 23, 2025. For further details (continuously updated) see 

The Reform leader’s claims about how much mass deportation will save rest on dubious numbers.

Working alongside HMRC, NatCen carried out a second wave of research into the Hidden Economy in the UK

This year's Annual Assembly of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, held in Halle (Saale), Germany, on September 25-26, 2025, is centered around the theme of artificial intelligence in all its dimensions. The gathering convenes distinguished experts from a range of fields to explore the latest advancements in AI research, its potential applications, and its societal impacts. Klaus F.

First Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on all areas of applied human resources issues to its annual hybrid global GLO-JOPE 2025 conference (3-5 December 2025). Supported by the Journal of Population Economics (JOPE), it organizes online sessions for this period, and on December 4-5 a connected in-person event in the Science Center Bonn. Submissions are open, and the submission deadline is October 23, 2025. For further details (continuously updated) see 

First Call for Papers. The Global Labor Organization (GLO), a large international network of economists and related disciplines, invites contributed papers on all areas of applied human resources issues to its annual hybrid global GLO-JOPE 2025 conference (3-5 December 2025). Supported by the Journal of Population Economics, it organizes online sessions for this period, and on December 4-5 a connected in-person event in the Science Center Bonn. Submissions are open, and the submission deadline is October 23, 2025. For further details (continuously updated) see