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April 5, 2022
wartime zoos
April 5, 2022
How a Sedative Helped an Elephant in Kyiv

Looking at wartime zoos, we see how animals are comforted, supplies are stocked, and staff fights the war by remaining.

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March 30, 2022
Weekly Economic News Roundup and gender pay gap
March 30, 2022
Where (and When) Do Women Earn More?

Whereas a Pew report says that young women's gender pay gap has disappeared in 22 metropolitan areas, the whole story is not quite as good.

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March 8, 2022
household responsibilitiesand household production
March 8, 2022
Looking at the Invisible Work That Women Do

Looking at women's invisible work, we also see the relatively small amount done by men in most countries and the pay that was foregone.

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February 16, 2022
economic news roundup and return to work
February 16, 2022
What We Can Learn From Lunch

As Covid restrictions and precautions subside and we return to work, we can ask how normal the four day workweek will become.

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February 9, 2022
lWeekly Economic News Roundup and ength of the day and earth's rotation
February 9, 2022
How Do U.S. Jobs Markets Compare to Other Countries?

Using OECD data, when we compare U.S. jobs markets to other countries, the U.S. fares pretty well with quantity but not as much for quality.

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January 18, 2022
working at home and dog walkers
January 18, 2022
Where Dog Walking Takes Us

When we look at dog walking economics, we can see many of the market characteristics that Adam Smith cited long ago.

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November 26, 2021
mobile talent
November 26, 2021
Why Your College Major Matters

Trying to understand the gender pay gap, researchers correlated college majors, occupational choices, and wages.

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November 24, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and Broadway economics
November 24, 2021
How Broadway Shows Catch a Cost Disease

A basic part of Broadway economics is the "cost disease" that plays "catch" from higher wage industries that benefit from more productivity.

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November 5, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and grape picking robots
November 5, 2021
A New Kind of Grape Picker

In Europe and the U.S., pandemic labor shortages have nudged vineyards towards grape picking robots and pruners.

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October 25, 2021
October 25, 2021
Why We Are in the Middle of the Great Resignation

Also called the Great Resignation, for a slew of reasons, labor turnover increased as the pandemic started to subside.

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October 20, 2021
Weekly Economic News Roundup and minimum wage hike
October 20, 2021
The Minimum Wage Debate

Whether looking at Germany's minimum wage hike or David Card's classic 1992 study, still raising the minimum wage can be controversial.

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August 13, 2021
economic news roundup and construction industry productivity
August 13, 2021
How a House Builds the GDP

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