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Just checking out the measures Gallup have been tracking on a daily basis in the U.S. over the last couple of years. Something like Obama's approval rating strikes me as hugely informative with a 60 percentage point difference between the...
From Philip Lane
Reminder: the SSISI event is tomorrow evening, details are here. Contributors: Dr Niamh Hardiman (UCD), Mr Blair Horan (CPSU), Mr Colm McCarthy (UCD) and Mr David Croughan (IBEC).
The paper by Niamh Hardiman is already...
I mentioned the details of the Work Placement Programme (and pilot Short Time Working Training Programme) last month. And further information about labour market policy in Ireland. As well as the IBEC graduate internship scheme.
These are separate...
A number of measurement issues related to the QHNS and the Live Register have been noted on this blog before. The QHNS is the official measure of unemploymemt in Ireland and it is based on more economically meaningful (ILO) definitions (compared to the...
Economic Logic Blog (a consistently good source) points to a new paper by David Colander and colleagues on how students from median graduate schools think compared to those from the top ones.
How Do Median Graduate Economic Programs Differ from...
