Probably not, says Gilles Saint-Paul in his assessment of the recent labour market agreements from France. I agree (and strongly recommend Saint-Paul’s short but concise essay on VoxEU, one of my best readings this week).
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Econlinks for 28-01-’08
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John DiNardo’s 3(!) reviews of Freakonomics (1, 2, 3). I agree with most of the points DiNardo makes, though I must say that I never thought Freakonomics was meant as a ‘popularization’ book, to start with.
Econlinks for 24-01-’08
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The American’s 2008 Young Economist Award went to Raj Chetty. Chapeau bas, this guy totally deserves it (see for instance a recent ReStud paper of his that impressed me)! And no surprise there; in fact, should he keep his publishing pace, I think Chetty has considerable chances of becoming the youngest winner of the John Bates Clark award (see who was the ’07 winner of that prestigious prize).
Hedonic marriage
I’ve just read (and recommend) this excellent short essay by Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers on the evolution from productive to hedonic marriage. Here’s an excerpt:
So what drives modern marriage?
Econlinks for 20-01-’08
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I made a mistake last time when I mentioned Gelman and Cai’s recent research on whether the US political parties would gain from shifting their position on the economic axis, focusing on the Kerry vs.