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Disability benefit applications are counter cyclical and unaffected by improving health standards and rising life expectancy
29 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, welfare reform Tags: disability benefits
The Lion must be drugged
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in cats, health and safety, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: daredevils
A lion riding in the sidecar of a go-kart at a wall of death, Massachusetts, c. 1929. http://t.co/Dlo7XcdhNC—
ClassicPics (@History_Pics) April 27, 2015
A lot of people test positive to something
27 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health and safety, labour economics, law and economics Tags: workplace drug testing
Helicopter parents alert: There’s never been a safer time to be a kid
20 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, health and safety, health economics Tags: accident rates, capitalism and freedom, child rearing, economics of the family, health and safety, Helicopter parents, moral panic, The Great Escape
Equal pay day verses equal occupational fatality day
14 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health and safety, labour economics Tags: compensating differentials, equal pay, reverse gender gap
What happens if he drops the cigarette?
12 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, health and safety, occupational choice Tags: New York City
Window washer, New York, 1950s http://t.co/J5mOuWv0Mz—
Old Pics Archive (@oldpicsarchive) April 12, 2015
The challenges of living in zero gravity in space
08 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: space, zero gravity
The obesity rates by occupation are surprising
06 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, economics of obesity, obesity rates
Obesity by Occupation: In US police, firefighters, & security lead the pack. #dataviz
Source: wsj.com/articles/memo-… http://t.co/fPyQGKIUMk—
Randy Olson (@randal_olson) December 18, 2014
The relative death rate of professional wrestlers
04 Apr 2015 2 Comments
in health and safety, labour economics, occupational choice, TV shows Tags: Celebrities, pro wrestling
Are pro wrestlers dying at an unusual rate? 53eig.ht/1kS1OWE http://t.co/YOseSouz3d—
(@FiveThirtyEight) March 15, 2015
Causes of death of pop musicians and the general population
01 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, Music, occupational choice Tags: life expectancy










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