~marginalrevolution | Bookmarks (57)
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Is an African debt crisis returning? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Africa's debt crisis is back to where it was in the late 1990s, with almost one...
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Disparities in psychological traits and incomes - Marginal REVOLUTION
There are pronounced racial, ethnic, and gender gaps in income in the U.S. We investigate whether...
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An RCT for income-sharing agreements - Marginal REVOLUTION
Is this the first one? We conduct a survey-based experiment with 2,776 students at a non-profit...
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Netherlands fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
The country, which is a bit bigger than Maryland, not only accomplished this feat but also...
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New results on intergenerational progress - Marginal REVOLUTION
The full paper title is “Has Intergenerational Progress Stalled? Income Growth Over Five Generations of Americans,”...
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Non-binary gender economics - Marginal REVOLUTION
Economics research has largely overlooked non-binary individuals. We aim to jump-start the literature by providing data...
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Which U.S. firms have grown in profitability? - Marginal REVOLUTION
China’s admission into the WTO in 2001 heralded a new era of globalization, increasing both import...
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Swedish economists seem to be doing OK - Marginal REVOLUTION
419 Swedish economists were asked which economics concepts are most important to understand and manage economics...
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U.S.A. yikes fact of the day - Marginal REVOLUTION
Between January 2016 and December 2022, the monthly antidepressant dispensing rate increased 66.3%, from 2575.9 to...
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Further data on alcohol use amongst American youth - Marginal REVOLUTION
This paper provides the first long-run assessment of adolescent alcohol control policies on later-life health and...
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Which nations have cultural inferiority complexes? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Here is the link, via the wisdom of Garett Jones. And OK, which nations have the...
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The Gender Gap in Confidence: Expected but Not Accounted For - Marginal REVOLUTION
We investigate how the gender gap in confidence affects the views that evaluators (e.g., employers) hold...
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Map of the day model this mother distance what else besides population density - Marginal REVOLUTION
This is one of the most fascinating charts I’ve ever seen. Been staring at it all...
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I am tired of making this point - Marginal REVOLUTION
Both rightists and leftists assume that the U.S. spends far lower to combat social problems (poverty,...
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Do recessions benefit our health? - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one excerpt: The human and economic costs of recessions...
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Lithium - Marginal REVOLUTION
WEF 2002: The world could face lithium shortages by 2025, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says,...
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The California tax burden is driving people out - Marginal REVOLUTION
That is the topic of my latest Bloomberg column, here is one bit: California’s highest income...
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Sticky norms - Marginal REVOLUTION
Shanhong Luo, a professor at Fayetteville State University, studies the factors behind attraction between romantic partners,...
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Correlations between spouses - Marginal REVOLUTION
Correlations between spouses Extraversion: r= .005Neuroticism: .082Height: .227Weight: .154Education: .5Political party: .6 "Mates tend to be...
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Is Science a Public Good? - Marginal REVOLUTION
Science seems like a public good; in theory, ideas are non-rivalrous and non-excludable. But the closer...
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The Global Distribution of College Graduate Quality - Marginal REVOLUTION
We measure college graduate quality—the average human capital of a college’s graduates—for graduates from 2,800 colleges...
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New data on media bias - Marginal REVOLUTION
In this study, we propose a novel approach to detect supply-side media bias, independent of external...
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Student Demand and the Supply of College Courses - Marginal REVOLUTION
From a recent Jacob Light paper: In an era of rapid technological and social change, do...
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Religion and the ideological gender gap - Marginal REVOLUTION
The key insight is that women have always been more [economically] left-wing than men, but that...