Figure 1: child poverty rates in couple families by employment status, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD Family Database; Poverty thresholds are set at 50% of the median income of the entire population.
The impact of parental employment on child poverty in couple families, Anglo-Saxon countries
21 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, welfare reform Tags: Australia, British economy, Canada, child poverty, economics of families, family poverty, Ireland, labour force participation, single parents
Proportion of births out of wedlock, 2011, Anglo-Saxon countries
20 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in gender, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: economics of fertility, economics of the family, single mothers, single parents
Figure 1: Proportion of births out of wedlock, 2011, Anglo-Saxon countries
Source: OECD family database; no data for Ireland.
Middle class stagnation versus food poverty
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in politics - USA, population economics, poverty and inequality, technological progress Tags: good old days, middle class stagnation, The Great Enrichment, wage stagnation
CHART: As a share of income, spending on food has gone from 25% in 1930s to < 10% in 2013. http://t.co/pxRgf6tNOZ—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 14, 2015
@phattonez Note that almost 50% of food expenditures are for now food away from home. http://t.co/zWAu0Zlw82—
Mark J. Perry (@Mark_J_Perry) May 18, 2015
Life expectancy and healthy life expectancy by gender, Anglo-Saxon countries
15 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in health economics, labour economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics Tags: ageing society, healthy life expectancy, life expectancy, The Great Escape
Figure 1: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of women, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD family database.
Figure 2: life expectancy and healthy life expectancy of men, Anglo-Saxon countries, 2010
Source: OECD family database
New Zealand does go on about how remote it is
13 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, population economics Tags: economic geography, geography, lost decades, maps
The price, output and acreage effects of a GMO ban
08 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA, population economics, technological progress Tags: agricultural economics, expressive voting, extreme poverty, global hunger, global poverty, GMOs, Left-wing hypocrisy, rational ignorance, rational irrationality, The Great Fact
Organic farming is a gift….
facebook.com/welovegv http://t.co/iu8Jq0KcHD—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 05, 2015
Projected increases in corn and soy prices in a world without GMOs
ageconsearch.umn.edu/bitstream/2049… http://t.co/PNydjpl59K—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
If you outlaw GMOs, be prepared to bring millions of acres of forest land, cropland & pasture under farming http://t.co/H9ftkxhXYe—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
If GMOs are banned today in the US, what would be the crop yield reduction? http://t.co/pEn73PODcR—
C. S. Prakash (@AgBioWorld) June 08, 2015
The asymmetric marriage premium and assortative mating illustrated
08 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economics of love and marriage, law and economics, population economics Tags: assortative mating, asymmetric marriage premium
Spouses’ personalities affect employees’ work outcomes s.hbr.org/1HlhQVX http://t.co/P0rWgN8OEd—
Harvard Biz Review (@HarvardBiz) May 16, 2015
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
If the world’s population had to live in one city
06 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in population economics, urban economics Tags: economic geography, maps, population bomb
The world's population, concentrated http://t.co/Eq5jq1xn3x—
Amazing Maps (@Amazing_Maps) April 06, 2015
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
The surprising divergences in the congressional gender gap by party
04 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
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
Percentage of women who have ever cohabited
03 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce
The living arrangements of American children
01 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
in population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce, single parents
The family arrangements of US children in 2014 family-studies.org/more-than-60-o… http://t.co/qMEj5pM8iz—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) February 02, 2015
The family arrangements of US children in 2014, by parents' education family-studies.org/more-than-60-o… http://t.co/FG7vnORl5P—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) February 02, 2015
Trends in the age of marriage and the age of first cohabitation
27 May 2015 Leave a comment
in economic history, population economics Tags: economics of the family, marriage and divorce
For men, age at 1st marriage rose from 25 to 27.5, while age at 1st cohabitation stayed around age 24. http://t.co/8XqfOWndLb—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) October 22, 2013
Chart: Since 1980s, women's age at 1st marriage has risen from 23 to 26. Age at cohabitation dropped from 23 to 22. http://t.co/kQlFBhdUqS—
Inst. Family Studies (@FamStudies) October 22, 2013
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