
Not much of a gender gap on abortion according to See Research
13 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, gender, health economics, law and economics Tags: abortion

#OTD
12 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, law and economics, laws of war, politics - USA, war and peace Tags: war against terror

Andrew Cherlin on marriage, cohabitation, and societal trends in family formation
12 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of love and marriage, gender, human capital, labour economics, law and economics Tags: dating market, marriage and divorce
The legacies of colonisation by the British for Maori (aside from the abolition of slavery and no more musket wars)
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of crime, law and economics, politics - New Zealand, property rights Tags: age of empires, economics of colonialism

For more, see James Feyrer & Bruce Sacerdote, 2009. “Colonialism and Modern Income: Islands as Natural Experiments,” The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 91(2), pages 245-262, May.
They argue that the nature of discovery and colonization of islands provides random variation in the length and type of colonial experience. They instrument for length of colonization using variation in prevailing wind patterns and direction.
They argue that wind speed and direction had a significant effect on historical colonial rule but do not have a direct effect on GDP today. The data also suggest that years as a colony after 1700 are more beneficial than earlier years.
They also find a discernable pecking order among the colonial powers, with years under U.S., British, French, and Dutch rule having more beneficial effects than Spanish or Portuguese rule.


Another reason for the gender wage gap: danger money
10 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, discrimination, gender, health and safety, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, occupational choice Tags: gender wage gap

Bond market fraud by climate alarmists; lying about the security of their seafront tax base
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, rentseeking

Richard Epstein in https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardepstein/2018/01/22/global-warming-and-bond-offerings/#24ae25c423c0
Antonin Scalia – Text And Intent
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Antonin Scalia, constitutional law
Scalia on healthcare ruling: “Water over the dam”
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice Tags: Antonin Scalia, constitutional law
Forgotten History: Houdini on Trial
09 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of media and culture, law and economics
Demonetarised by @YouTube: Sex Research, Asian Discrimination, and #MeToo @DrDebraSoh interview
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of education, gender, health economics, labour economics, law and economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
Legal Weed: The Great Social Experiment @_chloeswarbrick a master class in legislative drafting @cjsbishop
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, health economics, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of prohibition, marijuana decriminalisation, offsetting behaviour, unintended consequences
Lukianoff and Haidt on the dangers of human tribalism – THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND @glukianoff @JonHaidt
08 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, gender, law and economics, liberalism, politics - USA Tags: political correctness, regressive left

Imran Khan is bad for Pakistan’s democracy | IN 60 SECONDS
07 Sep 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, poverty and inequality, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Pakistan, war against terror


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