Econ Duel: Is Education Signaling or Skill Building?
09 May 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, economics of media and culture, human capital, labour economics Tags: signalling
Freedom of speech: why we NEED academic freedom
07 May 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, liberalism Tags: political correctness
The importance of talking to your children @GreenCatherine @jacindaardern @Maori_party
06 May 2016 Leave a comment
The 3 keys to school choice success
02 May 2016 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, economics of media and culture Tags: School choice
How to survive the wacky gender politics on campus
28 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, economics of media and culture, gender Tags: gender politics, political correctness, safe spaces
Why tertiary education is ‘out of reach for many’
24 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, rentseeking Tags: Director's Law, IQ, rational irrationality, social justice warriors
The majority of New Zealanders do not qualify for university. Perhaps Labour and the Greens should spend more time worrying about those who do not achieve university entrance standard.
Source: School leavers with NCEA level 3 or above | Education Counts.
Anyone who achieve university entrance standard is among the intellectual elite. They have a head start in life. Labour and the Greens are preoccupied with giving those with a head start in life more freebies.
The share of women who have earned a college degree
23 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, economics of media and culture, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender gap, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
@BarackObama nails safe spaces on campuses
09 Apr 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of education, economics of media and culture, liberalism, Public Choice
Financial market wrongdoing: Fines vs reputational sanctions
30 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, survivor principle Tags: crime and punishment, signalling
1-Year Impacts of Charter Schools on Math & English Scores @GreenCatherine @DBSeymour
29 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charter schools, School choice, school vouchers
Cost of High School Interventions and Effects on Graduation @ChrisHipkins @DBSeymour
29 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charter schools, School choice, school vouchers
@suemoroney the Maori economy is not $39 billion, it is much more @Maori_Party
26 Mar 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: Maori economic development
Much of the non-European human capital in New Zealand is Maori and it far exceeded $39 billion 20 years ago or more. Attempts to quantify the Maori economy by counting up the value of Maori institutions and businesses distracts from the main priority for Maori economic development which is education, education, education.
Source: Lˆe Thi. Vˆan Tr`ınh, Estimating the monetary value of the stock of human capital for New Zealand, University of Canterbury PhD thesis (September 2006), Table 4.6: Aggregate human capital stock by ethnicity.
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