Monthly Archives: November 2014

The Economics of Immigration

Posted on November 21, 2014 by ozidar

Originally posted on owenzidar:
Given the interest and policy relevance (as well as Miles Kimball’s immigration tweet day), I thought I’d write a post on the theory and empirics of the effects of immigration in the labor market. A simple…

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Overconfidence in Political Behavior and its Effects on Ideological Extremeness and Voter Turnout

Posted on November 16, 2014 by ozidar

From Pietro Ortoleva and Erik Snowberg: This paper studies, theoretically and empirically, the role of overconfidence in political behavior. Our model of overconfidence in beliefs predicts that overconfidence leads to ideological extremeness, increased voter turnout, and increased strength of partisan identification. Moreover, … Continue reading →

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The Impact of the Work of Gary Becker

Posted on November 12, 2014 by ozidar

“It [economics] is judged ultimately by how well it helps us understand the world, and how well we can help improve it.” – Gary Becker

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A few useful job market resources

Posted on November 2, 2014 by ozidar

Originally posted on owenzidar:
I’ll post more on this topic after the job market, but here are a few links that I have found helpful Presentation How to Give an Applied Micro Talk: Unauthoritative Notes from Jesse Shapiro Jonathan Shewchuk on giving…

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Developments in Economics, 1950-1990

Posted on November 1, 2014 by ozidar

From Jim Heckman’s retrospective on Gary Becker:

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