Bankers (50% premium) and CEOs (250% premium) are overpaid. HT @justinsandefur We know from the China Study, that animal protein is not that great for you. But, do fruit and veggies make you happier? … [Read more...] about CEO pay, fruits and happiness, online education and more Monday links
Beaches, sunshine and public pay
So it turns out according to recent research in the US, that public sector workers get better deals in nicer places. … [Read more...] about Beaches, sunshine and public pay
Colombian “violence-metrics”
By: Ana Maria Díaz Assistant Professor, School of Economics, Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia The Colombian armed conflict has generated a considerable amount of evidence based research. So much so that many have started to refer to it as “violence-metrics”. This literature can be grouped in three categories: descriptive studies that show how the conflict has … [Read more...] about Colombian “violence-metrics”
Chocolate and Nobel prizes, corruption, your favorite tweeters and more random Monday links
And now that Alvin Roth (see his blog) and Lloyd Shapley just received the Nobel Prize in Economics, the sweet link of the day: Chocolate Consumption, Cognitive Function, and Nobel Laureates It seems that we don’t know much on which anti-corruption policies are effective (or not), but crowd-mapping corruption with mobile phones has spread from India to Russia, Colombia and … [Read more...] about Chocolate and Nobel prizes, corruption, your favorite tweeters and more random Monday links
Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying
By: Raquel Mayer and Juanita Riaño, Office of Institutional Integrity, Inter-American Development Bank A few days ago we were reminded on this blog of an idea to reduce the incidence of bribery proposed last year by Kaushik Basu, then India’s Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India and, and since last month, the World Banks’ Chief Economist. Dr. Basu argued in … [Read more...] about Seven reasons why it would not be a good idea to legalize bribe-paying