Re: Life Expectancy and Immigration
At some point there must be a cross-over point. If I live in Third Worldzania for 60 years, exposed to Typhus, Typhoid, Dengue Fever, malaria, Plague, TB, and have been mal-nourished, THEN I move to the US I doubt my life expectancy, AS COMPARED TO AMERICANS, will be all that great, whereas if my parents bring me to the US when I'm 2 then my life expectancy really ought to be that of the average American of my socio-economic class. what do you mean ought?? it is an empirical question and there is no reason to suppose that anomalies pop up when the data is looked at. i saw a study recently that makes my point. there was a bad famine in the netherlands that ended in may of 1945. babies born before may had a low probabiliy of being fat. those born 3 months after may, had a very great chance of being fat. The genes are the same, but what happened in the womb affects each of our lives.
Re: Life Expectancy and Immigration
Life expectancy varies widely between countries. When someone moves to a new country, what best predicts their lifespan? Country of origin? Or country of destination? -- The country is not the determining factor for life expectancy. Some immigrants live like the country of origin and presumably they would have life expectancies similar to said country. Some immigrants live like the host country and should have similar life expectancies. 2 caveats 1- genes matter 2- what happens in the womb is enormously important and must be taken into consideration.
Re: Taliban Tipping Game
i have nothing to add, but a reading suggestion tullock's war and revolution ca 1974 just an amazing book that talks about all of these issues. - Original Message - From: fabio guillermo rojas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 6:40 PM Subject: Taliban Tipping Game Armchair game theory: Does anybody here think that the war in Afghanistan can be characterized as a tipping game? Conscripted Taliban soldiers and residents of Taliban controlled areas could either support the Taliban or not, and are waiting for somebody else to move first. The first victory last week was signalled Taliban weakness, leading to a chain of defections and the eventual collapse of the regime. Any other game theoretic interpretations of this weeks events? Fabio
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Prof Cawley purports to show that white women 65 lbs. overweight earn 7% less than those that are of average white. This is equilvalent to 1 year of college or 2 years of continuous employment. The relation did not hold for blacks or Asians. I would think that health factors may account for this 7%, though so many things affect one's income that 7% doesn't seem that much. www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Oct01/weight.income.ssl.html
Re: Handicapping the 2001 Noble Prize in Economics
Not to be picky, (I guess I am) but, isn't Tullock a lawyer by primary credential and training sure, but we can define an economist as one who publishes in economic journals. Not too many more prolific than Gordon.
Re: Excessive drinking
Subject: Re: Excessive drinking When a good is made illegal consumers react by squeezing more consumption into a shorter period of time in order to minimize the chances of getting caught per unit of pleasure. Thus, it is a common observation that adults drink more often than teenagers but in less quantity (Thus, I have a glass of wine two to three times a week. Even binge teenager drinkers probably binge only once a week.) This idea is the consumer side equivalent to the observation that prohibition increases the incentives of seller's to push harder drugs (more dollar per oz thus reducing the chances of being caught). Alex This general principle is correct, but with respect to teenage drinking I suspect it is misapplied. The probability of legal action against teenage drinking is so small, I can't imagine any teenager even thinking drinking is illegal.
