Figure 1: Percentage achieving the proficiency level 5 or higher in mathematics by gender, USA, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 2012
Source: OECD StatExtract.
Top performers in maths by gender, USA, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
01 Jul 2015 5 Comments
in economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Japan, lost boys, reversing gender gap
Child poverty certainly didn’t go up after the 1996 federal welfare reforms
01 Jul 2015 1 Comment
in gender, labour economics, labour supply, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 1996, child poverty, economics of fertility, single mothers, single parents, taxation and the labour supply, welfare reforms
Working population poverty is unchanged despite declines in elderly and child poverty #PovertyIs http://t.co/i7O7dTEUg2—
Political Line (@PoliticalLine) June 19, 2015
Why is the gender wage gap mostly an issue now for the middle class and rich?
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: College premium, compensating differentials, gender wage gap, graduate premium, reversing gender wage
Top performers in reading by gender, USA, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Japan, lost boys, reversing gender gap
Figure 1: percentage achieving the proficiency level 5 or higher in reading by gender, USA, UK, Japan, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, 2012
Source: OECD StatExtract.
What are alternatives to the minimum wage?
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in labour economics, minimum wage, poverty and inequality, public economics Tags: earned income tax credit, family tax benefits, working for families
What are alternatives to the minimum wage, and how do they effect workers and taxpayers? buff.ly/1c4BYhd http://t.co/hf67ujjvOK—
MRUniversity (@MRevUniversity) May 20, 2015
Relatively few work long hours in the Nordic countries!
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply Tags: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, labour demographics, Norway, Scandinavia, Sweden, taxation and the labour supply, welfare state
Humanities, arts, computing and engineering degrees awarded by gender, USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand
30 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice Tags: economics of personality traits, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
Figure 1: Percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in humanities and arts qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Figure 2: percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in computing qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Figure 3: Percentage of tertiary degrees awarded in engineering, manufacturing and construction qualifications by gender, 2012
Source: OECD Education Database.
Which are the most dangerous jobs?
29 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials, risk risk trade-off is
Fatal #workplace accidents most prevalent in construction & manufacturing / via @EU_Eurostat
statista.com/chart/3544/eur… http://t.co/gmG6PB5rE3—
Statista (@StatistaCharts) June 10, 2015
Greece (61st) is ranked one above the Russia in the World Bank’s Doing Business Survey 2015
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in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, industrial organisation, labour economics, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: cost of doing business, Euroland, Greece, Russia, sovereign defaults, transitional economies, World Bank
Figure 1: Greek and Russian Doing Business sub-rankings, 2015
Source: World Bank Doing Business 2015.
As long as you’re not in a construction or export business, and don’t mind waiting for your electricity, it’s better to do business in Russia than in Greece! The main difference between Russia and Greece is its membership of the European Union makes it easy to export?
In Russia, it’s easier to start a business, register property and enforce contracts than it is in Greece!
Poverty rates in Canada, UK and USA since 1985
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: British economy, Canada, top 1%
Despite 30 years of the ravages of neoliberalism, Reagan, Thatcher, and Blair, the whole lot, poverty has not gone up or down much at all.
Figure 1: relative poverty rate (% of persons living with less than 50% of equivalised disposable income), USA, UK and Canada
Source: In It Together – Why Less Inequality Benefits All – © OECD 2015
Child poverty across Europe
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in Euro crisis, poverty and inequality Tags: child poverty, EU, Eurosclerosis, family poverty
Spain's lost decade: one in three Spanish kids live in poverty or at risk of social exclusion: gu.com/p/42yx7/tw http://t.co/qg8PDla19z—
Guardian Data (@GuardianData) October 28, 2014
Food is now much smaller share of the average family’s budget than in the 60s
28 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, labour economics, population economics, welfare reform Tags: child poverty, family poverty, poverty line, poverty measurement, statistics
How many congressmen are convicted of crimes?
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, law and economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: official corruption, political corruption
All in less cash transfers average income tax rates at average wage, USA, UK, Australia and New Zealand
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour supply, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, family tax credits, family taxation, in-work tax credits, social insurance, taxation and the labour supply, welfare state
Figure 1: All in less cash transfers average income tax rates at average wage, 2014
Source: OECD tax database
The success of Indian migrants
27 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Indians have become an extraordinarily successful minority in America. A burgeoning new elite econ.st/1cgD0GN http://t.co/XxwcclHpDJ—
The Economist (@EconEconomics) May 26, 2015
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