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Economics done, right? Some talking points on graduate earnings. I was invited to contribute at a roundtable discussion this morning on the returns to higher education. I raised the following four points, which have been central to some of my research over the last few years in various ways, and it was great to be able to set this thinking out briefly amongst both researchers and practitioners, many of whom have formed quite different views which lead to a lively discussion afterwards. May 25, 2016.

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What are Oxford interviews for Economics like (sometimes)? | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? What are Oxford interviews for Economics like (sometimes)? I have just finished admissions interviews for next year’s intake of students reading Economics and Management. What follows in this post is my own small contribution to the huge efforts made to demystify this process and widen the applicant pool. The setup can be found here. This entry was posted in Access and Admissions. December 12, 2014. More on women, the crisis and the hourglass labour market. With no search costs, th...

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Atkinson on minimum wages (in 1975) | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? Atkinson on minimum wages (in 1975). I haven’t yet read Sir Tony Atkinson’s latest book. 8220;If the labour market is competitive and perfectly functioning and differences in earnings reflect productivity then minimum wages – without accompanying measures – clearly reduce employment opportunities…What happens if these assumptions of competition and perfectly equilibrating labour markets are not satisfied? I’d forgotten, but that last one in particular chimes with my final poi...

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Boosting productivity with the minimum wage? | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? Boosting productivity with the minimum wage? Ben Chu wrote recently. Argues that receiving a wage higher than the market rate increases the costs of being fired, which makes workers less likely to shirk in case they are caught doing so and let go. A third approach suggests that higher wages boost morale and motivation when workers believe their employers are going beyond what they need to do and reciprocate by contributing more to the business (see this. Or Card and Krueger. You ar...

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What happened to wage inequality during the Great Recession? (I don’t know) | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? What happened to wage inequality during the Great Recession? I don’t know). I’ve been having a discussion with some colleagues recently about the changes in the wage distribution (here, I’m talking about gross hourly wages) during the recession, largely because it would seem that depending on the data looked at, very different stories would emerge. Helpfully pointed me in the direction of this report. This entry was posted in Inequality. April 8, 2015. The polarisation of wages.

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More on women, the crisis and the hourglass labour market | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? More on women, the crisis and the hourglass labour market. I was kindly asked to write a short piece. In terms of job structure ( Figure 2. The tricky part of the analysis is the way its affected earnings distribution – so I thought I’d add a couple of extra notes on this here. This is all relevant for people interested in the gender pay gap. Recently, the Liberal Democrats boasted of the lowest ever measured pay gap. This entry was posted in Gender pay gap. December 8, 2014. Leave...

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The polarisation of wages | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? The polarisation of wages. I was very kindly invited to contribute to an event on polarisation at the Resolution Foundation this morning. For those of you now howling in fury at having missed this, FEAR NOT. The whole event was filmed. Have been put online. The event reminded me that there’s a technical point about the term polarisation which has been relevant for my work, but which I think is treated in a misleading way in the wider literature. This entry was posted in Inequality.

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Somewhat Recommended: Brad DeLong on being embarrassed for economics | Somewhat Iconoclastic

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Economics done, right? Somewhat Recommended: Brad DeLong on being embarrassed for economics. In years to come, I will set this blog post. Smackdown by Brad DeLong about an absurb anti-Keynesian article by David Levine as reading for my students. Just glorious. Nick Rowe adds more here. Just for fun.). This entry was posted in Keynesian economics. March 20, 2015. What are Oxford interviews for Economics like (sometimes)? The polarisation of wages →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here.