@MaxCRoser, rather bizarre that this series puts the poverty rate in the UK as more than double that of China! http://t.co/X9KHzlu54I—
Will L (@wjl2133) June 15, 2015
Poverty lines can lead to results stranger than fiction
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: China, measurement errors, poverty lines
There were large cross-country differences in long-term unemployment duration both before and after the GFC
15 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, unemployment, welfare reform Tags: equilibrium unemployment rate, Eurosclerosis, natural unemployment rate, unemployment duration
77% more long-term unemployed people than before the crisis – We need them back in work! bit.ly/1JTTzYm #Jobs http://t.co/EFRGclFVms—
OECD Social (@OECD_Social) July 10, 2015
Hysteresis in practice, Delong-Summers Variety @delong @LHSummers http://t.co/urqxQBi6NE—
Roger E. A. Farmer (@farmerrf) July 23, 2015
How many working poor in USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in international economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, low pay, New Zealand, social insurance, welfare state, working poor
Figure 1: working poor – proportion of employed persons with income below the poverty line (50% of median disposable income) living in households with a working age head and at least one worker in USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, 2013
Source: In It Together – Why Less Inequality Benefits All – © OECD 2015, OECD Income Distribution Database (IDD), www.oecd.org/social/income-distribution-database.htm, Table 1.A1.1. Key indicators on the distribution of household disposable income and poverty, 2007, 2011 and 2013 or most recent year.
A perspective on the overweening conceit of youth
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, behavioural economics, economics of crime, economics of education, labour economics, law and economics Tags: child development, cognitive psychology, economics of personality traits, political psychology
Does education pay in New Zealand?
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: College premium, graduate premium
Immigrants and their children across the OECD
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: Australia, economics of identity, economics of immigration
Unemployment rates across OECD member countries
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: unemployment rates
Greek and US great depressions compared
14 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, job search and matching, labour economics, macroeconomics, unemployment Tags: Greece
https://twitter.com/ianbremmer/status/620570062538309632/photo/1
Greek Depression vs US Depression:
Unemployment http://t.co/81efYi5Ajy—
ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) July 13, 2015
Who are the top 10 in foreign remittances?
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, labour economics, labour supply Tags: economics of the family, remittances
Minimum salaries of American professional sports players and media coverage
13 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, economics of media and culture, entrepreneurship, gender, industrial organisation, labour economics, occupational choice, sports economics, survivor principle Tags: gender wage gap, media bias, sex discrimination, superstar wages, superstars
Females/male earnings ratio by partner status and motherhood – USA, UK, Canada
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, poverty and inequality Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, British economy, Canada, gender wage gap, marriage and divorce, motherhood penalty
Figure 1: Female/male earnings ratio by partner status and motherhood, 2004 
Source: LIS Cross-National Data Center in Luxembourg – Wave VI; individuals with positive earnings only. .
New Zealand teachers’ unions are above average in their effectiveness
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, economics of education, income redistribution, labour economics, Public Choice, rentseeking, unions Tags: public sector unions, teachers union, union power, union wage premium
Which industries have the highest hourly earnings?
12 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: compensating differential, labour productivity, relative wages, superstar wages, superstars
Which industries have the highest hourly earnings h/t @WSJecon blogs.wsj.com/economics/2015… | http://t.co/xaYaRgOrku—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 06, 2015
Puerto Rico’s economy can’t handle the federal minimum wage
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Federalism, income redistribution, labour economics, labour supply, minimum wage, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: federalism, living wage, Puerto Rico, sovereign default
Puerto Rico's economy can't handle the federal minimum wage. bit.ly/1IEJIEi http://t.co/D3mzOmlnJa—
Manhattan Institute (@ManhattanInst) July 07, 2015
Poverty rates by age of youngest child – USA, UK, Canada and Australia
11 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, family poverty, marriage and divorce, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: poverty rates by age of youngest child, 2004
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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