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in economics of crime, economics of education, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: crime and punishment
19 Dec 2015 1 Comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: charter schools, racial discrimination, Roland Fryer
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in discrimination, economics of education, labour economics, politics - USA Tags: early childhood education, racial discrimination
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in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of personality traits, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
Women started drifting away from computer science in the mid-1980s. The interpretation put forward by the professional grievance industry, that is, by National Public Radio in the USA is:
The share of women in computer science started falling at roughly the same moment when personal computers started showing up in U.S. homes in significant numbers.
These early personal computers weren’t much more than toys. You could play pong or simple shooting games, maybe do some word processing.
And these toys were marketed almost entirely to men and boys. This idea that computers are for boys became a narrative. It became the story we told ourselves about the computing revolution. It helped define who geeks were, and it created techie culture.
Source: NPR
Another interpretation is there are systematic differences between teenage boys and teenage girls in verbal and written skills. Young women moved away from enrolling in computer…
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26 Nov 2015 1 Comment
in budget deficits, defence economics, economics of education, fiscal policy, health economics, labour supply Tags: ageing society, British economy, British politics, demographic crisis
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in applied welfare economics, economics of education, human capital Tags: early childhood education, economics of families, James Heckman
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in economics of education, gender
Source: OECD Education at a Glance.
24 Nov 2015 Leave a comment
New Zealand seems to have jumped ahead of Australia this year. New Zealand used to be at the bottom of the OECD ladder.
Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2015.
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in discrimination, economics of education, human capital, labour economics Tags: British economy, College premium, graduate premium, tertiary attainment, university premium
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Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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