Blind audition study: Truth or myth?

02 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economics of education, economics of information, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, personnel economics Tags: ,

Affirmative Action and Its Mythology by Roland G. Fryer Jr. and Glenn C. Loury

01 Feb 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags:

From https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/089533005774357888

My @NZHerald op-ed on sparing us from the @NZHumanRights @women_nz pay transparency nightmare

30 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, gender, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - New Zealand, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: , ,

Paywalled at http://nzh.tw/12304179

On finger wagging feminists

30 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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How 30 Students and a Dog Fled to a Safe Room from Christina Hoff Summers

30 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: , ,

The puzzling lesbian pay gap

28 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags:

From https://wol.iza.org/articles/sexual-orientation-and-labor-market-outcomes/long

The Failure of LBJ’s Great Society and What It Means for the 21st Century

24 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, gender, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, minimum wage, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking, welfare reform Tags: ,

@moturesearch accused @CCDHB of paying mothers less despite having nothing on which female doctors have kids so it can discriminate against them more! @women_nz

23 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, Public Choice Tags:

Unusual case as allegation made against named employers subject to freedom of information laws. Can ask if they have the information needed to implement their nefarious misogynist plans.

Do gender equality policies drive the academic gender pay gap? @moturesearch @women_nz

23 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, politics - USA Tags: ,

Warning from @NZPSA to @Fightfor15 @BernieSanders @AOC; @NeumarkDN

14 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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.@ProfDBernstein on sex discrimination by women only gyms

14 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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Thomas Sowell on intersectionality and racial and sex discrimination

12 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

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Despite the violence inherent in capitalist system, illiteracy & addiction, crims stop reoffending bigtime if it suits them @sst_nz @NZJusticeIdeas @JustSpeakNZ

09 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, gender, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: , , ,

Coordinated Work Schedules and the Gender Wage Gap @women_nz

09 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied price theory, discrimination, econometerics, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags:

From https://www.nber.org/papers/w26548

Is the gender commuting gap the fault of sexist employers? @women_nz

08 Jan 2020 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, econometerics, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, transport economics Tags:

The best research on the gender pay gap these days relies upon fortuitous datasets. In this case, the French public employment form asks about maximum commuting time and minimum acceptable pay in your next job.

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