
Cities at a Crossroads | Ed Glaeser
21 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, energy economics, environmental economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, transport economics, urban economics
Criminals don’t like having their collars felt
17 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, econometerics, economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: crime and punishment, law and order

100 years on female labour supply and occupational choice
17 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, economic history, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap

Human Capital, Development, and Growth
16 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Robert E. Lucas, survivor principle
David Friedman – Election Scenarios
16 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, David Friedman, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, Richard Posner, survivor principle
Essential Nozick: Income inequality and the role of choice
13 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, economics of education, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, human capital, income redistribution, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, occupational regulation, poverty and inequality, Rawls and Nozick, survivor principle
Systemic Racism vs. Racial Inequities | Glenn Loury & John McWhorter
12 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, discrimination, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, Marxist economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left
Ellen McGrattan on the Great Recession
11 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of education, Edward Prescott, entrepreneurship, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, occupational choice, survivor principle Tags: real business cycles
Glenn C. Loury – Preserving the American Project: The Bias Narrative vs. the Development Narrative
09 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of information, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination
RES-GES Webinar: Racial Inequality Glenn Loury
06 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of crime, economics of education, history of economic thought, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: racial discrimination
2006 – David Friedman – If Life Were A Lot Longer: An Economist’s Thoughts
03 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, David Friedman, economics of education, human capital, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, property rights
12th Annual Feldstein Lecture – Summer Institute 2020 Claudia Goldin
01 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
Kevin Murphy and Robert Topel – Some Economics of Professionalism (February 15, 2012)
01 Oct 2021 Leave a comment
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