The power of the asymmetric marriage premium

25 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: ,

Michelle Budig, 2014

HT: wonkblog

How are women doing in the US when it comes to political & business leadership positions

23 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in discrimination, economic history, economics of marriage, gender, labour economics, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: ,

Manners are the glue of society – swearing at strangers edition

20 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

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The Law of Crappy Managers

14 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of bureaucracy, industrial organisation, managerial economics, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics, survivor principle Tags:

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via The Law of Crappy People.

Public relations people earn 54% more than journalists & outnumber them nearly 5 to 1

12 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

https://twitter.com/conradhackett/status/564950126108499970

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Bad career advice and well paid blue-collar jobs

11 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, occupational choice Tags:

https://www.facebook.com/WeAreCapitalists/photos/a.157549024416648.1073741826.157541337750750/373535216151360/?type=1

One of the many excellent points Charles Murray makes is too many teenagers of average or modest academic ability are encouraged to go on to higher education. Their career advisers and schools do not alert them to the many well-paid blue-collar jobs that do not require higher education or at least no university education.

The Evolution Of The Employee

09 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health and safety, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, managerial economics, market efficiency, occupational choice, organisational economics, personnel economics Tags:

The_evolution_of_the_employee

HT: http://www.forbes.com/sites/jacobmorgan/2014/09/02/the-evolution-of-the-employee/?utm_campaign=forbestwittersf&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social

The three laws of behavioural genetics

08 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, human capital, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: , ,

 

HT: Eric Turkheimer

Political ideologies mapped by profession

08 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of media and culture, human capital, occupational choice Tags: ,

https://twitter.com/RupertMyers/status/563976298314604544

The odds that a child will…

07 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in health and safety, health economics, occupational choice Tags:

Competing visions of success – left and right

06 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in applied welfare economics, entrepreneurship, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: , , , , , , , ,

Occupational attrition of journalists is high

03 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

https://twitter.com/raju/status/560560100650151936

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Of 534 occupations, 7 pay women more than men

01 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

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The Upside of Income Inequality » Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy

01 Feb 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, liberalism, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: , , ,

Figure 1. Percentage by which the wage of workers with college and graduate school educations exceeds that of workers with high school only.

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via The Upside of Income Inequality » AEI.

Spot the jihadist translated from French

31 Jan 2015 Leave a comment

by Jim Rose in economics of crime, economics of religion, occupational choice, war and peace Tags: , ,

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