Scientific Misbehavior in Economics and Publish or Perish
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags: academic fraud, promotion tournaments, rate races
Employment patterns of couples differential with families differ greatly across the OECD
10 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of family, female labour force participation, labour force participation, maternal labour force participation, my labour force participation, part-time work
American exceptionalism: U.S parents more likely to both be working full time than almost any other OECD country http://t.co/QYBEeUmws4—
Kay Hymowitz (@KayHymowitz) July 08, 2014
Why gender analysis is essential to empirical labour economics
07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
U.S. wage growth doesn't look as weak when you account for benefit costs covered by employers on.wsj.com/1JJ2EmV http://t.co/s0tJutTjBy—
Nick Timiraos (@NickTimiraos) July 06, 2015
Haredi Jews and employment
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of religion, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: economics of identity, female labour force participation, Israel, male labour force participation
Haredi Jews and employment: Eat, pray, don’t work econ.st/1QVeL48 http://t.co/gxTI56rrTv—
The Economist (@EconEconomics) June 27, 2015
The graduate premium for New Zealand is at the bottom of the OECD ladder
05 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand Tags: College premium, education premium, graduate premium
The key skill of consultants
04 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: charlatans, consultants, market for experts
Why is the gender wage gap mostly an issue now for the middle class and rich?
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, compensating differentials, gender wage gap, graduate premium, reversing gender wage
Humanities, arts, computing and engineering degrees awarded by gender, USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: economics of personality traits, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
Figure 1: Percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in humanities and arts qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Figure 2: percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in computing qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Figure 3: Percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in engineering, manufacturing and construction qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Which are the most dangerous jobs?
29 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, risk risk trade-off is
Fatal #workplace accidents most prevalent in construction & manufacturing / via @EU_Eurostat
statista.com/chart/3544/eur… http://t.co/gmG6PB5rE3—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) June 10, 2015
How many congressmen are convicted of crimes?
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: official corruption, political corruption
The average wage for almost every job in America
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: labour demographics
This epic chart shows the average wage for almost every job in America buff.ly/1cWtQj3 http://t.co/7wudAaWF6d—
Business Insider (@businessinsider) June 16, 2015
Why is the Australian top 0.1% far less greedy than the UK, US and Canadian top 0.1%?
26 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, Marxist economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Leftover Left, top 0.1%, top 1%
Figure 1: top 0.1% share of gross income, Australia, UK, USA and Canada since 1946
Source: Chartbook of Economic Inequality.
The top 0.1% in Australia is earning not much more than it did in 1946. For most of the post-war period, the Australian top 0.1% earned less than what it earned in 1946. The only spike in the earnings of the Australian top 0.1% occurred after the top tax rate of 66% was reduced to 49% in 1986.
There were major cuts in the top tax rates in Australia,the USA and UK in the early 1980s. Figure 1 shows that these top tax rate cuts were matched with a spike in the earnings of the top 0.1% subsequent to those large tax cuts.
Tertiary education attainment of young adults in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Canada, 2000 and 2011
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, College premium, educational attainment, graduate premium
Figure 1: tertiary educational attainment of adults aged 25 to 34 in Australia, New Zealand, USA, UK and Canada, 2000 and 2011
Source: OECD Factbook.
Dying to be famous: the mortality rates of 1489 rock and pop stars, 1956 and 2006.
24 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, health economics, labour economics, Music, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, life expectancy, risk risk trade-offs
Rock/pop star mortality increases relative to the general population with time since fame. Increases are greater in North American stars and those with solo careers.
Relative mortality begins to recover 25 years after fame in European but not North American stars. Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
Those reaching fame from 1980 onwards have better survival rates.
For deceased stars, cause of death was more likely to be substance use or risk-related in those with more adverse childhood experiences.
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