Thursday, October 31, 2013

School choice in Washington DC: some schools jockey for position before the start...

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Here's some news on charter schools joining the new DC school choice system, or not... Some charters opt out of unified enrollment lo...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Repugnant markets in drugs used for legal executions

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The New Republic has the story: Big Pharma May Help End the Death Penalty " Thirty-two states retain the death penalty in the U.S., ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2013

MIT celebrates Vahideh Manshadi and her work on kidney exchange

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Vahideh Manshadi is a postdoc at MIT, working with Itai Ashlagi on kidney exchange. Here's a recent article about her work: Miracle Mat...
Monday, October 28, 2013

The price of freshman seminars ought to be going down...

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According to this story in the Stanford Daily there are more freshman seminars this year, but no more applicants than last year. " ...
Sunday, October 27, 2013

Early admissions glitches on the Common App

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As the Common App becomes more common, it creates some stress as it struggles with congestion:  Common App Says 2 Causes of Admissions Lags...
Saturday, October 26, 2013

Payday loan shops to be taxed to fund cheaper alternatives

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The Guardian has the story: Labour vows to impose new tax on payday lenders Ed Miliband says his party would double the £13m a year gi...
Friday, October 25, 2013

Slavery around the world in 2013

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This ancient, repugnant transaction is not abolished yet, according to the Global Slavery Index 2013 , published by the Walk Free Foundatio...
Thursday, October 24, 2013

Experimental Economics (ESA) conference in Santa Cruz

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Here's the program for the 2013 Regional ESA Conference, October 24-26, 2013, Santa Cruz, California. I'll be speaking at 8am Sa...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Matchmaking and courtship for the rich and busy

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If attending Ted talks isn't working for you... The High-End Matchmaking Service for Tycoons But "“A lot of older women we don’...
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Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Organ donation in China: optimism and skepticism on new policies

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The American Journal of Transplantation carried this account  of China's moves to end its reliance on executed prisoners for transplant...
Monday, October 21, 2013

Surrogacy is big business in India

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The BBC has a story:  Living inside the house of surrogates " Commercial surrogacy is estimated to be worth more than $1bn a year in...
Sunday, October 20, 2013

How dead must a deceased donor be?

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How dead do you have to be to be a deceased organ donor, and how dead can you be? Deceased donation of organs for transplantation stretches...
Saturday, October 19, 2013

Ads to promote kidney donation in Brazil

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Chris Masse alerts me to the interesting site Ads of the World , and points to some of the ads being used to promote kidney donation in Bra...
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Friday, October 18, 2013

Designing the philanthropic ask...

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A conference this weekend at Chicago, on Philanthropy, as some market design aspects: THE SCIENCE OF PHILANTHROPY INITIATIVE (SPI)  AND ...

The Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences at Penn

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I'm in Philadelphia today, to speak at the inauguration of Penn's new Warren Center for Network and Data Sciences . The directors a...
Thursday, October 17, 2013

New sources of data for selecting who to hire

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Aki Ito has written another story at Bloomberg News about job matching using new kinds of data (the headline is a little misleading though...
Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Veiled surveys to elicit unpopular views

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The Atlantic reports on work by some people I know, using a subtly designed survey:  Surveys Dramatically Underestimate Homophobia ...
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange

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Here's a new paper on matching for adoption: The Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange Improves Its Matching Process Vincent W. Slaugh, Mus...
Monday, October 14, 2013

Nobel to Fama, Hansen, and Shiller

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Hearty congratulations to Gene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller, who won the Economics Nobel today for Trendspotting in Asset Ma...
Sunday, October 13, 2013

Nobel labs: panoramic photos

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One of the funnier post-Nobel phenomena, aside from the attention of journalists, is the attention of artists.  The most interesting of tho...