The Case Against Education: Government Spending $1 Trillion a Year on Schooling Is a Waste
23 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, economics of education, human capital, labour economics Tags: signalling
British gender wage gap 2017
19 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, labour economics
Once again, that explosion of unconscious bias against women when they turn 40, excluding them from promotions, pay rises and wherever possible paying them less for the same job. I do not know anyone can work that out unconsciously when people struggle to get people’s ages right within a decade these days even when they know the person for many months. That is before you introduce the difficulty of judging ages across racial groups. At a minimum, the beauty premium in the labour market, that is the premium for looking younger for women must be enormous.
Research grant used to confirm that actors are a bit nutty
18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, movies, occupational choice, television
Illegal Immigration: What Liberals Used to Say
18 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in international economics, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA Tags: economics of immigration
Employees working very long hours by gender in OECD countries
17 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in gender, labour supply
Corporate Profits Explained (Bernie Sanders CEO of Walmart??)
17 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in labour economics, minimum wage
The middle class is just withering away
16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in economic history, labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: top 1%
Why are women paid less than men? | The Economist
16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap
.@jamespeshaw has asked Stats NZ to collect gender pay gap data
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics, gender, labour economics, politics - New Zealand Tags: gender wage gap
The Sunday Star Times reported today that
The Government has ordered Statistics NZ to begin measuring the country’s gender pay gap… new Statistics Minister James Shaw believed there was an onus on his department to gather the data, so the Government could fix it.
It was too early to know exactly how it was going to be measured, Shaw said in a written statement.
Not sure to what to make of this because extensive data is already collected.
Since the dawn of space flight, 22 people have been killed in a spacecraft
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in health and safety, transport economics Tags: space
Another gender gap that dare not speak its name
13 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in gender, labour economics Tags: reverse gender gap
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