
Solomon Polachek on the day the demand-side sex discrimination hypothesis accidentally died
29 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap

Stigler explains how intellectuals and consultants ply their policy trade honestly
28 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of education, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, George Stigler, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, survivor principle Tags: consultants, job sorting, public intellectuals

Richard Posner Public Intellectuals A Study of Decline
21 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, human capital, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, Richard Posner
Leech Collector (Worst Jobs in History)
16 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: compensating differences
#OTD 1957: the knocker-up job still existed in Britain
15 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: creative destruction
How Uber destroyed the NYC cab market
12 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of regulation, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: taxi regulation, Uber
J.D. Vance on Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of Family and Culture in Crisis – Full interview
06 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: success sequence
Friedman Forum: The Glass Ceiling, Featuring Marianne Bertrand
04 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
Rather predictable results
02 Jun 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: beauty premium

How do misogynistic employers learn a women is childless in a power couple so to not discriminate against them? How do they know?
16 May 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap, power couples






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