
Why does unconscious bias against British women only really start at age 40?
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
What Is The Best Way To Measure Poverty in Britain?
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty
When do men retire
14 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply Tags: economics of retirement
Surprisingly little change in the percentage working from home since 2006 despite the emergence of smart phones and fast broadband
13 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics
Margaret Thatcher on Socialism
11 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in income redistribution, poverty and inequality, Public Choice Tags: British politics, Margaret Thatcher
Many male-dominated occupations require little social contact @EricCrampton @worstall @SteveStuWill
09 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, occupational choice

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Economics Daily, Working alone: jobs that required little personal interaction in 2017 on the Internet at https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2017/working-alone-jobs-that-required-little-personal-interaction-in-2017.htm (visited December 09, 2017).
Where is Occupy Wall Street when they are most needed
09 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economic history, labour economics, sports economics Tags: superstars, top 1%
Walter Block: The Sociobiological Truth About Women
09 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, labour economics Tags: evolutionary psychology, gender wage gap, glass ceiling
The Green Book and Racism on Route 66
08 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economic history, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship Tags: Jim Crow era, racial discrimination
How To Not Be Poor
07 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, family poverty
Harvey Weinstein: Sexual assault in 2017 | FACTUAL FEMINIST
06 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics Tags: political correctness, sex discrimination, sexual harassment
On the economics of “Acting White”
05 Dec 2017 Leave a comment

There is much to be learned from the economics and sociology of oppositional identities.

As Roland Fryer pointed out, what is most important to the average 13-year-old is to be popular. Among some minorities, being popular and being smart are not compatible.
My analysis confirms that acting white is a vexing reality within a subset of American schools.
But Fryer also found that “In predominantly black schools, I find no evidence at all that getting good grades adversely affects students’ popularity”



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