The conversation around Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics was really good. It covers a number of topics that have found new life in recent economics such as the definition of happiness, the extent to which public policy should be concerned with creating happiness as opposed to pleasure, the role of self-control in creating happiness and so on.
For anyone who is interested, on Monday July 14th at 7pm we will discuss Aristotles Politics at the same venue, Ashton's in Clonskeagh. A copy of the book is below from the mit archive.
http://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/politics.html
Monday, June 30, 2008
Thursday, June 26, 2008
Cross-Country Comparisons of Suicide Rates
"GLOBAL suicide rates have increased by 60% in the past 45 years and it is now one of the three leading causes of death for people between 15 and 44 years old according to the World Health Organisation. People in countries with high suicide rates say they are unhappier, according to the “World Database of Happiness” maintained by Erasmus University in Rotterdam. But intrepreting suicide trends is tricky because there is no international standard for reporting and collecting data. Countries with strong religious or cultural strictures against suicide often report lower rates."
Story in the Economist here.
Anchors: Software for Anchoring Vignettes
Anchors is "a complete library of statistical functions for analyzing survey data with anchoring vignettes as an R library." The linked page contains the latest version of the software and documentation for Anchors. The page is maintained by Jonathan Wand at Stanford University.
Position at University of Vienna
50% Post-Doc position at University of Vienna, Faculty of Psychology
The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna is offering a 50% Post-Doc position in the Department of Economic Psychology, Educational Psychology and Evaluation, to be filled at the earliest date possible. Candidates should have a completed doctoral degree in Psychology, or comparable qualifications. The position is limited to 6 years.
This position requires collaboration in research, teaching and administration and the integration in the research centre "Decisions in Work, Organisations and the Economy". Topics of the research centre are decisions in the contexts of (a) taxes and cooperation, (b) business and Entrepreneurship, (c) work, career and wellbeing and (d) money management in the private household. The research centre consists of nine researchers collaborating in a friendly and productive team.
Candidates with good knowledge in the domain of economic psychology and applied social psychology, good knowledge in research methods and statistics, computer skills, and good knowledge of English will be given priority. In addition, teamwork competence, orientation to skill development, interest in teaching, reliability and high work motivation are desirable attributes in candidates. Candidates who are not fluent in German are required to be able to effectively communicate in German within 2 years after their appointment.
For further information please contact Dr. Erich Kirchler (+43-1-4277-47880), Dr. Christian Korunka (+43-1-4277-47881) or Dr. Erik Hölzl (+43-1-4277-47888)
The closing date for applications is July 16th, 2008. You will find details (reference number 47302/JB) and the necessary forms at
http://personalabteilung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=12553
and
http://personalabteilung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=10896
The University of Vienna is an equal opportunities employer and intends to increase the number of female employees, especially in senior positions and within its scientific staff
The Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna is offering a 50% Post-Doc position in the Department of Economic Psychology, Educational Psychology and Evaluation, to be filled at the earliest date possible. Candidates should have a completed doctoral degree in Psychology, or comparable qualifications. The position is limited to 6 years.
This position requires collaboration in research, teaching and administration and the integration in the research centre "Decisions in Work, Organisations and the Economy". Topics of the research centre are decisions in the contexts of (a) taxes and cooperation, (b) business and Entrepreneurship, (c) work, career and wellbeing and (d) money management in the private household. The research centre consists of nine researchers collaborating in a friendly and productive team.
Candidates with good knowledge in the domain of economic psychology and applied social psychology, good knowledge in research methods and statistics, computer skills, and good knowledge of English will be given priority. In addition, teamwork competence, orientation to skill development, interest in teaching, reliability and high work motivation are desirable attributes in candidates. Candidates who are not fluent in German are required to be able to effectively communicate in German within 2 years after their appointment.
For further information please contact Dr. Erich Kirchler (+43-1-4277-47880), Dr. Christian Korunka (+43-1-4277-47881) or Dr. Erik Hölzl (+43-1-4277-47888)
The closing date for applications is July 16th, 2008. You will find details (reference number 47302/JB) and the necessary forms at
http://personalabteilung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=12553
and
http://personalabteilung.univie.ac.at/index.php?id=10896
The University of Vienna is an equal opportunities employer and intends to increase the number of female employees, especially in senior positions and within its scientific staff
Reminder - ISNE Conference Galway 2008
This is a reminder about the call for papers for the Irish Society of New Economists (ISNE) fifth annual conference. This conference will be held at the National University of Ireland, Galway (NUIG) on Friday 3rd October 2008. Applicants should submit a title and 300-word description of their topic by Monday 30th June to isne08@gmail.com
The conference is intended to provide a forum for new economists (in post-graduate research programs or private/public sectors) to present papers from any area of economics. We strongly encourage those working on economics-based research in all settings to present. Any interested parties that do not have a paper to present, but would like to attend the conference, are also very welcome at the event.
More details are available on the conference website here.
Image of the Quadrangle at NUIG
The conference is intended to provide a forum for new economists (in post-graduate research programs or private/public sectors) to present papers from any area of economics. We strongly encourage those working on economics-based research in all settings to present. Any interested parties that do not have a paper to present, but would like to attend the conference, are also very welcome at the event.
More details are available on the conference website here.
Image of the Quadrangle at NUIG
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Google Economics Search Engine
Finally in relation to Google, my colleague Christian Danne sent me an interesting link today about the Google Economics Search Engine: http://ese.rfe.org/
This engine "uses Google to search the contents of more than 20,000 economics web sites. They come from RFE, home pages reported by economists in RePec Author Services, and EDIRC. A Google Custom Search Engine searches these pages. As this technology is still in beta testing, the results might not be ideal. In particular, Google uses an approximation algorithm to search these sites."
Also sent on by Christian was a link on how to find the mathematical programme routine to your problem, if so inclined: http://gams.nist.gov/
This engine "uses Google to search the contents of more than 20,000 economics web sites. They come from RFE, home pages reported by economists in RePec Author Services, and EDIRC. A Google Custom Search Engine searches these pages. As this technology is still in beta testing, the results might not be ideal. In particular, Google uses an approximation algorithm to search these sites."
Also sent on by Christian was a link on how to find the mathematical programme routine to your problem, if so inclined: http://gams.nist.gov/
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