Monday, May 28, 2007

why economics is great - volume 1

having read that Danny Glover has an economics degree, i thought it would be a good idea to start a new feature on the blog that celebrated economics in a triumphalist manner. to get the ball rolling, here's a few:

1. Economics PhD's have the highest rate of subjective matching to their employment according to Bender and Heywood's 2006 NBER working paper.

http://www.nber.org/~sewp/BenderHeywoodedMismatch.pdf

2. Economics Degrees have high returns in terms of salary (example below)

http://www.cbs.curtin.edu.au/files/04_5.pdf

3. See below for some economics videos if you want to make up your mind

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_lectures_in_economics

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