ECONOMY

Alice Evans on female labor force participation and appreciation of female talent

Abhay Aneja and colleagues reveal that daughters of civil servants who were more exposed to female co-workers during WWI were significantly more likely…

2 years ago

Saturday assorted links

1. Do AI compansions reduce loneliness? 2. Inflation rates across the income distribution. 3. Was the Antikythera mechanism a kind…

2 years ago

Finland knows how to troll MR commentators

Perhaps that is why I like the country so much: Ideally, Marianne Korkalainen’s high school in Rautavaara, a tiny town…

2 years ago

Sunday assorted links

1. Newswire data set from Melissa Dell. 2. “At the nuances level, low LS [life satisfaction] was most strongly associated…

2 years ago

The Turku food hall – Marginal REVOLUTION

This is perhaps my favorite food hall.  Dating from 1896, the basic building is notable, the displays are lovely and…

2 years ago

AI trends relative to AI predictions

In 2021, researchers were asked how smart AI would be in 2022. They predicted 12% pass-rate on the MATH dataset;…

2 years ago

Friday assorted links

1. WSJ profile of David Autor. 2. By Dean Ball, a simple public choice theory of what will go wrong…

2 years ago

Analyzing my text messages with my ex-boyfriend

With sentiment analysis over time, messages containing the word “sorry, and more.  Trends!  There is also a graph on how…

2 years ago

*The Wrong Stuff: How the Soviet Space Program Crashed and Burned*

By John Strausbaugh, an excellent book.  Here is one good passage of many: Putting dogs on top of rockets was…

2 years ago

A virtual rodent predicts the structure of neural activity across behaviors

Animals have exquisite control of their bodies, allowing them to perform a diverse range of behaviors. How such control is…

2 years ago