SuperFreakonomics Book Club: Allie the Escort Answers Your Questions
…the same. Is the $93 difference from having an education and the setting to create an upscale environment? Do you think a girl from a low socioeconomic status could make…
…the same. Is the $93 difference from having an education and the setting to create an upscale environment? Do you think a girl from a low socioeconomic status could make…
…least my new favorite: Good afternoon Stephen, I am a psychologist by education and spend my professional life as a consultant in the field of higher education and an executive…
…clearly. Sometimes, ideas that are shaky or on the fringe get passed off as mainstream.” So far, economists have responded to questions about federal “buy American” mandates, education and taxes….
…Society affect public education? Zero. But creationists on the other hand are trying and in some cases succeeding in altering public education. So we need to take them seriously. And…
…of sanity and quality in math education.” On the other side, the reformers insist on conceptual understanding using computers and calculators, to “promot[e] the rational reform of mathematics education.” Both…
…and lots of years of education also earn higher wages. While the 2 percent wage premium associated with popularity attempts to control for these other factors, to the extent that…
…a persistent problem in developing countries. Their conclusion: you get what you pay for. From the abstract: Can efforts to promote education deter child labor? We report on the findings…
…another T-shirt I would put the same amount into a fund for my new nephew for his education or something worthwhile. But then I quickly realised that this might prove…
…compared with average-looking women, good-looking women marry guys with an extra year of education. Today, an extra year of education is associated with about an extra twelve percent annual earnings….
…He proposes a “a financial equivalent of drivers’ ed” and points out that “[i]f financial education taught people only how little they actually know, it would accomplish quite a lot.”[%comments]…
…a response to calls for greater efficiency in higher education. Is this really greater efficiency? Or is it a move to a different point on the production possibility frontier, essentially…
…ethnic and gender differences in physical activity. It also seeks to understand the persistent health gap between racial and ethnic groups. Even when controlling for factors such as income, education,…
(Photo: John Walker) We’ve blogged and podcasted about the value (or lack thereof?) of a college education. A new paper (summarized here) by sociologist Laura Hamilton suggests one way parents…
…£200, not £30.” That confidence can sometimes be more associated with social class, but I think it’s more to do either with education or self-esteem, which are not necessarily related….
…in New York City: Brooklyn Tech, Bronx Science, and Stuyvesant. While attending an exam school might be great for your overall education, and resume, this doesn’t come through in terms…
…their kids off at a school which will provide a safe environment even if it can’t muster the personnel to fulfill its usual education mission.? Snow day school could even…
…Q. What do you think about the feminization of higher education; that is, more female faculty and administrators resulting in more policy creation by women or influenced by them? –Gary…
…health and education, showing the good that the money saved could do if applied to other purposes. 6) This trade-off could be made an explicit part of the policy of…
…so that after several years of experience, COMAS and HU graduates with similar entry scores have similar earnings. Our results are therefore consistent with the view that employers use education…
…representative of what’s happening on campus.? According to the?American Council on Education, the college student body has been 43% male annually since 2000.? If you are too lazy to do…
Teach for America (TFA)?recently announced it is receiving $100 million from four philanthropists to start its first endowment. The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation, one of the “Big Three” Education…
…is much higher. Back when he ran the Chicago Public Schools, current Secretary of Education Arne Duncan argued repeatedly and passionately that something needed to be done on this issue,…
…countries in global awareness and education? One of our readers, Andy Little, noticed his own language ignorance by his initial interpretation of this sign: When I saw this sign in…
…that a lack of exposure to creative arts can lead to disastrous results for individuals (lack of education, poverty, etc). I can find a plethora of research that proves the…
…concerning our recent post about Cambodian villagers who reportedly converted to Christianity to save money: @DavidFCox: I had an Indian friend that changed religion 4 times to get best education…
…that markets, especially when combined with access to good education, are the best shot the poor have. If you think globally, the poorest countries in the world stand to gain…
…longer.” Rosin’s book (here are some reviews), based on her controversial 2010 Atlantic essay, explores the new American marriage divide, the education gap between young men and women around the…
First-year medical residents made more mistakes when they were required to work fewer hours. Automated education: EdX offers classes online, marks essays and tests. Telemedicine has doctors in Texas treating…
…number of fields. Here’s a taste, in the form of a guest post. It’s very good, and to my mind, here’s the best passage: [W]here’s the churn in education policy…
…from the Texas Tribune: I believe higher education is a special case—without tenure we would not be Socrates’s “gadfly on the body politic.” But with gadflies increasingly unwelcome,…