How expensive are charter schools?
09 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, industrial organisation, Public Choice, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: charter schools, expressive voting, New Zealand Greens, New Zealand Labour Party, rational rationality, teachers unions
Is the union wage premium negative in New Zealand? @FairnessNZ
07 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, labour economics, unions
Penn And Teller BS Christopher Hitchens on Mother Teresa
04 Sep 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: Penn and Teller
Do charter schools cherry pick?
30 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: charter schools, racial discrimination
Gender gap in PISA scores across the OECD, 2012
29 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics Tags: gender gaps, reversing gender gap
Source: OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2012.
The Black Gender College Degree Gap is Huge and Growing
25 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, human capital
How To End Poverty in the South Bronx with charter schools
12 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education Tags: charter schools
Anything opposed by the teachers unions must be a good idea
09 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of education, politics - New Zealand Tags: teachers unions
#YesPrimeMinister on abolishing government departments
01 Aug 2016 Leave a comment
in economics, economics of education, television Tags: Yes Prime Minister
College and post-graduate wage premium in the English speaking countries, France, S. Korea, Finland, Denmark, Norway and Sweden
31 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, College premium, Denmark, education premium, Finland, France, graduate premium, Ireland, Korea, Norway, post-graduate premium, Sweden
Source: Education at a Glance 2015, section 6.
Political leanings of American professors @robhosking
29 Jul 2016 2 Comments
in economics of education, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: academic bias
Sociologists are rather level-headed compared to that hotbed of political bias, which is American history professors. Hardly any of them see themselves as a Republican. I must take back a few nasty things I said about political bias and sociologists.
Source: THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL VIEWS OF AMERICAN PROFESSORS Neil Gross and Solon Simmons, Working Paper, September 24, 2007
Tertiary educational attainment, 2000 and 2014, USA, UK, France, Germany, Canada, Australia
24 Jul 2016 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, human capital, labour economics Tags: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, tertiary educational attainment.
The British, Australians, and Italians experienced strong growth in tertiary attainment since the year 2000. In the case of the Italians, it was from a low base. There is still a big difference in tertiary attainment between English-speaking and other countries.
Source: OECD Factbook 2015-2016.
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