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The selective nature of cost benefit analysis in health and safety policy
08 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
Paris terrorists armed with military weapons but little military training
08 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in human capital, war and peace
…the shooters at one point cross each other’s paths as they advance up the street – a type of movement that professional military personnel are trained to avoid as it would limit the ability of the shooters to maximize firepower.
… the gunmen again are seen firing in the middle of the street…. there appears to be little use of cover and their shooting stance, or posture, is not what would be expected from highly trained fighters.
“From what I’ve seen their shooting stance and movement indicates they are not well trained,” Dan Rassachak, a Marine with training in close-combat skills, said in an e-mail.
How big is the sexism problem in economics? This article’s co-author is anonymous because of it
07 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in discrimination, gender, human capital, labour economics, occupational choice, politics - USA Tags: gender wage gap, reversing gender dao
Why is it assumed that economics is the best available choice for women with mathematical skill?
Just as many men as women qualify for engineering and science but more of these same women also qualify for law and medicine.
Why enroll in engineering, science or economics if you have qualified for law or medicine?
The $245,000 price tag for raising an American child – Vox
07 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economics of love and marriage, economics of media and culture, labour economics, politics - USA Tags: cost of chidlren, fertility
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Which are the most satisfying occupations?
07 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in occupational choice Tags: compensating differentials
Milton Friedman on Safety Regulations
07 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of regulation, health and safety, law and economics, Milton Friedman Tags: health and safety, Milton Friedman, offsetting behaviour, safety Nazis
It took Japan a long time to realize that the 1970s drop in fertility wasn’t temporary
06 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in labour economics, labour supply, political change, technological progress Tags: demographic crisis, demographics, fertility crisis, forecasting errors, Japan
This way of testing bullet-proof vests would never get past health and safety checks these days, thankfully
05 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in health and safety, labour economics, law and economics Tags: health and safety
The relative risks of nuclear and other energy sources
03 Jan 2015 Leave a comment
in energy economics, environmental economics, health and safety, health economics Tags: Anti-Science left, nuclear energy, precautionary principle
How the American family has changed
30 Dec 2014 Leave a comment
in labour economics Tags: family demographics
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