New Zealand primary school teachers have experienced rapid wages growth by international standards
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in economics of education, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: teachers pay
Parental time usage, 1965 and now
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in gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: family demographics, household division of labour
Almost 8 in 10 daughters raised by the lowest- earning men make more money per hour than their fathers did
08 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: economic mobility, gender wage gap, reversing gender gap
In which Anglo-Saxon country is full-time work not enough to escape family poverty on the minimum wage?
07 Jun 2015 1 Comment
in labour economics, minimum wage, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: earned income tax credit, poverty traps, single parents, taxation and the labour supply, welfare state
Figure 1: Weekly working hours needed at minimum-wage to move above a 50% relative poverty line after taxes, mandatory social or private contributions payable by workers, and family benefits for lone parent with two children, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2013
The mind is actually the last to go?
07 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, labour economics, labour supply, population economics Tags: ageing, ageing society, economics of physiology
Today’s daughters earn much more than their mothers
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in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: compensating differences, gender wage gap
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, slightly more than half of all mothers were in the labour force. These women worked, on average, 24 hours per week for a little more than $10 per hour.
Today, 85 percent of all daughters are employed, and they work 10 additional hours per week and earn $9 more per hour.
via Women’s Work: The Economic Mobility of Women Across a Generation.
Supply-side economics and the migration of inventors
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in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, fiscal policy, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: economics of migration, taxation and the labour supply
#Braindrain is real, even quantifiable — as per NBER paper 21024. Geniuses don't tolerate extra taxes easily. http://t.co/HVP8uEFAfz—
Amity Shlaes (@AmityShlaes) June 07, 2015
Which Anglo-Saxon country has the largest after-tax pay increase after a minimum wage increase?
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in labour economics, minimum wage, welfare reform Tags: poverty traps, single parents, taxation and the labour supply, welfare reform, welfare state
Figure 1: Net gain after income taxes, Social Security contributions and benefit reductions after a 5% minimum wage increase for a lone parent family
The gender pay gap and motherhood
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in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice Tags: asymmetric marriage premium, gender pay gap, motherhood penalty
Occupational Health & Safety has come a long way with rising incomes
06 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
Repairing the Hull of the Graf Zeppelin during the flight over the Atlantic, 1934. http://t.co/DhxAiCIowS—
ClassicPics (@History_Pics) May 25, 2015
Why did the top 1% only pick on men when they increased inequality over recent decades?
06 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, labour supply, unions Tags: gender wage gap, middle class stagnation, reversing gender gap, superstar wages, superstars, top 1%, wage stagnation
Gender pay gap in corporate America twitter.com/BuzzFeedAndrew… http://t.co/AOFxcUQ8Rk—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 12, 2015
Which Anglo-Saxon country has the highest after-tax minimum wage?
05 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, minimum wage, public economics Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, Ireland, progressive taxation, taxation and the labour supply, welfare state
Figure 1: Minimum wage after income tax and social security contributions, US$ PPP, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2013
Some think that some members of the top 0.1% are underpaid
05 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, sports economics Tags: baseball, superstar wages, superstars, top 0.1%, top 1%
Why Baseball Players Are Actually Underpaid theatlantic.com/business/archi… | http://t.co/qBgcmxLWca—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 04, 2015
Major league baseball salary growth is slowing http://t.co/Jw6gYG1ylQ—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 04, 2015
Baseball salaries hit a record high http://t.co/AfvlMEVHbf—
Charts and Maps (@ChartsandMaps) April 12, 2015
Vast right-wing conspiracy alert: economists must be double secret Republicans!
05 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, occupational choice, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: vast right-wing conspiracy, voted demographics
There were 2,412 donations from Economists, in the last two election cycles. They gave 3 times as often to Democrats. http://t.co/c8tnQ9Vv15—
Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 03, 2015
via How Democratic or Republican is your job? This tool tells you. – The Washington Post.
Is there a Republican sociologist in America?
05 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in occupational choice, politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: campaign finance regulation, voted demographics
Exactly one person identified themselves as a sociologist & gave money to Republicans (in the past 2 election cycles) http://t.co/JP9RAoRgiF—
Justin Wolfers (@JustinWolfers) June 04, 2015
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