Trends in the British gender wage gap by age band
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply Tags: British economy, gender wage gap
A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
How high is the US #tax burden on labor? Here's an OECD comparison tax.foundation/1LNpE4W by @samcjordan_ @kpomerleau http://t.co/unaxWM1BgH—
Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation) July 27, 2015
Payroll taxes make up a large portion of a worker's #tax bill: tax.foundation/1g1nd1w by @samcjordan_ @kpomerleau http://t.co/yHx4kQTmr6—
Tax Foundation (@taxfoundation) July 21, 2015
via A Comparison of the Tax Burden on Labor in the OECD | Tax Foundation.
Since 1975 average UK earnings for full-time employees have more than doubled after accounting for inflation
10 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality Tags: British economy, The Great Enrichment
The UK gender pay gap begins at 30(ish)
09 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, gender wage gap
Standing over the grave of unions…
08 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, unions Tags: strikes, union power, union wage premium
Working days lost due to labour disputes since the 1890s ow.ly/PG79m http://t.co/ZGMR5E7Yb8—
(@ONS) July 16, 2015
The mancession
06 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic history, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: reversing gender gap
Maybe teaching quality does matter
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, politics - USA Tags: economics of teachers
More on the alienated proletariat
05 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of media and culture, labour economics, labour supply, liberalism, personnel economics Tags: Class war, Withering away of the proletariat
Is sociology really irrelevant in policy debates?
03 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economics of bureaucracy, economics of media and culture, income redistribution, labour economics, occupational choice, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: compensating differentials, evidence-based policy, media bias, offsetting behaviour, public intellectuals, sociology, The fatal conceit, The pretence to knowledge, unintended consequences
Is sociology really irrelevant in policy debates? @familyunequal does a better job with the #s blog.contexts.org/2015/01/25/soc… http://t.co/c4E25DTCmm—
(@SocImages) February 04, 2015
Human capital accumulation and economic growth
01 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
in economic growth, economics of education, human capital, labour economics, macroeconomics Tags: educational attainment, endogenous growth theory, human capital, knowledge capital





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