Tag Archives: human capital

Do women choose lower pay?

28 January, 2013 – 7:28 pm

A few years ago, I attended a graduation ceremony in which the award for academic achievement in every department in the faculty of science was awarded to a woman. At the time, I wondered: if the roles were reversed, would we not be wondering why one group was so over-represented at the top of the [...]

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US Fertility Rates are Falling, and that’s Good News

5 December, 2012 – 11:43 pm

There was a collective bi-partisan freak out last week when the Pew Research Center released a report finding that U.S. birth rates hit a record low in 2011. Before doing anything crazy, like implementing social programs the rest of the developed world has enjoyed for decades, I recommend taking a closer look at the numbers [...]

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