Why Barbers have a Pole outside their Shop
23 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, occupational choice
More from Stephen Pinker’s Blank Slate
18 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender gap

The Debunkers vs The Wage Gap
10 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap
How to End the Gender Death Gap
09 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, health and safety, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: reverse gender gap
My @ScoopNZ feature reply to @PeterGluckman @ChiefSciAdvisor report @sst_nz
08 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of crime, economics of information, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: crime and punishment, criminal deterrence, law and order
Claudia Goldin on the Quest for Career and Family
05 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: Claudia Goldin, gender wage gap
Why is there still a gender pay gap?
02 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
7 ways a trip to Mars could kill you
02 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, occupational choice, transport economics Tags: Mars, space
Stossel: The End of Tipping?
01 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, managerial economics, minimum wage, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, poverty and inequality Tags: tipping
Chimney Sweep / Climbing Boy (Worst Jobs in History)
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: child labour, industrial revolution
The blind spots of sociologists
30 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: gender wage gap

Press Gangs
28 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice
Knocker-upper (Weird Jobs in History)
20 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: The Great Enrichment




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