Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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
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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
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in applied price theory, economic history, entrepreneurship, industrial organisation, politics - USA, rentseeking, survivor principle, technological progress Tags: creative destruction, entrepreneurial alertness, private R&D, public R&D, R&D
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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.
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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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in economics, labour economics, occupational choice, personnel economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: academic bias, voter demographics
Verdant Labs published charts on the average political affiliations of various professions. Data from the Federal Election Commission on contributions to political parties was used that information as a proxy for political views. The ratios are Democrats (blue) vs. Republicans (red).
via Chart: The most liberal and conservative jobs in America – The Washington Post.
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in politics - USA, population economics, Public Choice Tags: gender gap
Why the pipeline of GOP female politicians is dry: Too few are highly conservative. nyti.ms/1Fp4JNW http://t.co/kst4so4kyH—
The Upshot (@UpshotNYT) June 01, 2015
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in economic history, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, unions Tags: the withering away of the proletariat, union power, union wage premium
The economics of low wages: When what comes down doesn’t go up econ.st/1zlP1G0 http://t.co/AujgeDIAUX—
The Economist (@EconEconomics) May 02, 2015
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in politics - USA Tags: obama, Reagan
Highest approval rating
HW Bush 89%
W Bush 86
Carter 75
Clinton 71
Nixon 68
Reagan 68
Obama 64
pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015… http://t.co/sIyy3nCyGO—
Conrad Hackett (@conradhackett) May 30, 2015
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How often the 2016 candidates agreed (and disagreed) in their Senate votes, charted. wpo.st/T5dJ0 http://t.co/CBLtRllny1—
Chris Cillizza (@TheFix) June 01, 2015
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in discrimination, gender, labour economics, labour supply, politics - USA, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: 1996 US welfare reforms, racial discrimination, social insurance, welfare state
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Six ways in which Qatar doesn't make a lot of sense as a World Cup host 53eig.ht/1BpVlrH #FIFA http://t.co/0N87zTO07x—
(@FiveThirtyEight) May 30, 2015
31 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, politics - USA, public economics, taxation Tags: average tax rates, growth of government, size of government
Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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