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Remember my post about names in Denmark? At that time I could not find which were really the most frequently used first names. But Denmark Statistics even has those available. So “Jens” (male) and “Anne” (female) are the most common first names in Denmark, to date.
Category: economics
Replication in Economics
Here’s my most interesting read in the last weekend, a recent article by Dan Hamermesh, published in the Canadian Journal of Economics, on “replication in economics”. It is also downloadable as PDF from Hamermesh’s site (Dan Hamermesh’s website contains much more information, potentially useful for any economist, albeit junior or senior– that as a remark for those of you who did not know about this excellent online resource…).
→ Read more Econlinks for 18-10-’07
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On (speed) dating preferences (in USA): some old stereotypes reconfirmed but also some news. Here’s the full paper (Fisman et al, QJE 2006) on which the Slate article linked above is based.
Econlinks for 07-11-’07
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“Cheap talk” incentives for better grades. You never know, it might actually work; let’s see if Bloomberg actually implements this.
Econlinks for 01-11-’07
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The RePEc blog appeared recently. Looks interesting at first sight, though some ideas in very recent posts do not appear so sensible (such as this one).
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100% Gary Becker: an entry by Steven Levitt, with further links.