Alex Tabarrok wrote:
>Non-working women are likely to have husbands who earn more than the
> husbands of working women (all else equal) - this says the probability
> of a woman working increases with a *decrease* in *husband* income. But
> the finding is that the probability of a woman wor
In response to Ray,
Non-working women are likely to have husbands who earn more than the
husbands of working women (all else equal) - this says the probability
of a woman working increases with a *decrease* in *husband* income. But
the finding is that the probability of a woman working increa
--- Robin Hanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This stat was interesting:
> "a woman in their sample was 16 to 25 times more
> likely to seek
> paid employment if her sister's husband earned
> more than her own."
Wouldn't one presume this to generally apply to any
sample comparison of working an
Chris Auld wrote:
>On Tue, 10 Oct 2000, Robin Hanson wrote:
> > If the monopolist equals the paper authors, and the product
> > over which there is a monopoly has its primary value in producing
> > this paper, then I think the journal should require that the
> > algorithm be made available free to
Robin Hanson wrote:
> Frank never did convince me, however of this claim
> "One possibility, of course, is that we
> envy our neighbors' possessions more than we feel comfortable admitting.
> But there's an alternative explanation, one that works even if we're really
> not much concerned about k
Frank's conclusion is also pretty funny:
"These are symptoms of a social problem, no question about it.
But the feelings that give rise to this problem are no more blameworthy
than those of a student who's upset about getting a D on an exam."
When a kid at MIT kills himself over a C average, mos
http://partners.nytimes.com/library/magazine/home/20001015mag-frank.html
This stat was interesting:
"a woman in their sample was 16 to 25 times more likely to seek
paid employment if her sister's husband earned more than her own."
Frank never did convince me, however of this claim
"One possibi
