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Monthly Archives: October 2011
The cack-handed minister
Prejudice is a terrible thing: the arbitrary holding of negative opinions about whole classes, races, gender or nationalities is terrible to behold. This does not extend to Manchester City Football Club and its supporters , of course, about whom nothing … Continue reading
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Seven billion people, really?
You may have noticed a plethora of articles discussing the birth today of some unspecified baby who will raise the worlds population to seven billion. Here is one such article from an otherwise serious newspaper, the Irish Times which adds … Continue reading
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New chair in Irish economic policy at NUI Galway
I am simply delighted to see that NUI Galway has just advertised a Personal Professorship in Irish Economic Policy. See here for the job spec “The new Professor will play a central role in developing a Centre for the Study … Continue reading
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The surprising effect of education on fertility
Knowing the effects of education is interesting, especially if you are in the business of providing it. This paper shows a link, unknown to me, that increased education is associated with higher fertility. Of course, in general, education tends to … Continue reading
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Before & after the deluge
Since I can’t find a song called After the deluge, this will have to do And for some breaking news:
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A success story about a school
Everyone knows there are good and bad schools. The research points to class size or teacher qualifications not being a big issue. Nor is it clear that being a private school per se is a deal breaker. But the evidence … Continue reading
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The Waterfall Nebula
If you are ever in the neighbourhood of the Great Orion Molecular Cloud complex check out this amazing sight, for more details see here.
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The happy obese child
In connection some work I am doing on parental investment and child health , I asked a colleague with expertise in these matters for some references on the relationship between obesity and well-being in childhood. They were thoughtless enough to … Continue reading
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In absentia: how many fathers are present at their kids’ birth?
Celeb-watchers will know that Carla Bruni recently gave birth to a baby girl. Her husband Nicolas Sarkozy, who has some sort of goverment job was absent: he was “at a meeting”. Yeah, right. So does it matter if the father … Continue reading
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The surprising truth about what motivates us
Economics is all about incentives, isn’t it? So to motivate people to do more of something or to do it better requires providing a greater incentive. Obviously. For an organisation to get more from its workers it needs to be … Continue reading
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