Governments run some things better than the private sector: SHOCK!
Who Should Own and Control Urban Water Systems? Historical Evidence from England and Wales by Brian Beach, Werner Troesken, Nicola Tynan - #22553 (DAE HE...
Weavers goes open source
https://vimeo.com/178401582 Readers of this blog will be familiar with Family by Family, the service which matches families up with other families in coached, mentoring relationships...
IMF Researchers on Inequality on Social Capital
Growing Apart, Losing Trust? The Impact of Inequality on Social Capital There is a widespread perception that trust and social capital have declined in United...
Extrinsic incentives in schools
Unintended Consequences of Rewards for Student Attendance: Results from a Field Experiment in Indian Classrooms by Sujata Visaria, Rajeev Dehejia, Melody M. Chao, Anirban Mukhopadhyay...
People from the wrong side of the tracks disadvantaged in job market: SHOCK!
Family Descent as a Signal of Managerial Quality: Evidence from Mutual Funds by Oleg Chuprinin, Denis Sosyura - #22517 (LS) We study the relation between...
Long-term orientation, national culture and educational performance
Available here. by David Figlio, Paola Giuliano, Umut Ozek, Paola Sapienza - #22541 (CH ED LS POL) We use remarkable population-level administrative education and birth...
In praise of blogging: Hoist from 2009 archives
I'm pleased to see Jason Potts tweeting "Blogs are still a thing. This one I just came across is the thingest. It's like @slatestarcodex, but...