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
The Chief attempts to prove that Tasers are safe I Scot Squad
01 Aug 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, health and safety, law and economics Tags: law and order
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
Suppose human capital doubled but the economic growth rate did not change a bit
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economics of education, human capital

Source: Le, T., Gibson, J., & Oxley, L. (2006). A forward-looking measure of the stock of human capital in New Zealand. Manchester School, 74(5), updated and with additional analysis by Trinh Le of the 2006 and 2013 census for the Treasury (the 2006 and 2013 analysis is unpublished).
Another blow to the blank slate
31 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital Tags: behavioral genetics

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

Leftism: Then vs Now
29 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, law and economics Tags: political correctness, regressive left
Press Gangs
28 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice
A quiz for @jeremycorbyn
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, law and economics Tags: British politics, racial discrimination

Implicit bias is nonsense
27 Jul 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, labour economics Tags: implicit bias



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