Economic DeBLOGraphy
(
noun
) Causes and consequences of population characteristics, in blog form
Thursday, August 14, 2014
State of birth by state of residence
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The NY Times provides us nifty graphical snapshots of state-of-birth in all 50 states in Census data since 1900. One of the mild surprises?...
Wednesday, August 13, 2014
PTSD in the Civil War
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An enterprising SUNY grad student examines PTSD among Civil War veterans using several sources including Ancestry.com and hospital records....
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
Cost-benefit analysis when there's addiction
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The Times reports on a kerfuffle over FDA cost-benefit analysis regarding smoking, in which a number of prominent economists have weighed i...
Too much of a good thing?
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The WSJ reports on research about high blood pressure and blood sugar control. Especially among the elderly, the benefits of managing bioma...
Monday, August 4, 2014
Cost-benefit analysis of counterterrorism spending
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John Mueller and Mark Stewart provide a nice overview in the Summer 2014 J Econ Perspect . The short view: overall spending seems too high c...
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Mapped NYC traffic injuries
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The Times reports on traffic injuries and fatalities, with a map of hotspots , and the Swedish experience .
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Super Nordhaus Bros
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The Times profiles Bill Nordhaus and his older brother Bob, both of whom have thought about climate change and the economics of pollution.
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