
The hilarious freakonomics of McDonalds vs. drugs | Steven Levitt
09 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, financial economics, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, survivor principle Tags: war on drugs
Can behavioural economists explain why incentives work in an asylum for the criminally insane
07 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, behavioural economics, comparative institutional analysis, experimental economics, health economics, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of mental illness, token economies

Interesting referendum
04 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in defence economics, discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: conscription, Switzerland

Piketty’s best work was on the emergence of a working rich
03 Aug 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: superstars, top 1%

@GlennLoury sees this refocusing on risk management as a bad thing? @sst_nz
31 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of crime, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order

To Help Women, Should We Boycott Women’s Soccer?
30 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice, sports economics, television Tags: gender wage gap, The fatal conceit
Richard Epstein’s preferred Human Rights Act
25 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, discrimination, economics of information, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, Richard Epstein Tags: British politics, racial discrimination, sex discrimination

The Left is Wrong. There is No Gender Wage Gap
23 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, econometerics, economics of education, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics Tags: gender wage gap
The beauty premium
22 Jul 2019 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, Public Choice Tags: beauty premium




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