Thursday, October 11, 2018

An online spot market for lawyers

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Need a lawyer, but not a big law firm?  A Britain-based firm, Lexoo , will recommend lawyers they think are appropriate for your case, and ...
Wednesday, October 10, 2018

Faculty openings at Stanford Management Science and Engineering

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Faculty Openings in MS&E Position Title Tenure-track Assistant Professor/Untenured Associate Professor Position Description We in...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Family consent and opt-in versus opt-out organ donation

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Here's a contribution to the discussion on how opt-out versus opt-in deceased donor laws might impact transplantation (as opposed to ju...
Monday, October 8, 2018

2018 Exeter Prize to Shengwu Li (and a very strong shortlist)

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On a day when it's likely that another prize in Economics will be announced (but before it has been), I'm happy to note the followi...
Sunday, October 7, 2018

Universal enrollment--embracing both district and charter schools--was once on the agenda in NYC

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One cause of congestion in school choice systems is that if some students receive multiple offers of admissions, other students must wait f...
Saturday, October 6, 2018

Free versus predatory prices

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Here's a new paper exploring the anti-competitive effects of giving things away for free: An Introduction to the Competition Law and...
Friday, October 5, 2018

The broken refugee resettlement system

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Yesterday I posted about progress being made in resettling refugees who have already been granted asylum in some host country.  A much har...
Thursday, October 4, 2018

Resettling refugees thoughtfully, by Trapp, Teytelboym, Martinello, Andersson, and Ahani

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Here's a new paper, which emerges from a collaboration with my favorite refugee resettlement agency, the HIAS : Placement Optimizatio...
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Matching patients to health care in China

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When I travel in China, one topic that often comes up is that there should be a better way of matching patients to doctors in Chinese hospi...
Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Is prostitution repugnant if the sex workers are robots?

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The Guardian has the story: Houston mayor pushes back against proposed 'robot brothel' Sylvester Turner said the city is reviewin...
Monday, October 1, 2018

Research ideas for market designers--invitation to participate

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Market design is the topic of a recent thread on the new EconSpark : AEA Economics Discussion Forum.     What are some dissertation-worthy ...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

A black market in publishing fake science

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ABC (the Australian one) has the story: Inside the 'shadowy world' of China's fake science research black market Share By ...
Saturday, September 29, 2018

In Italy, a proposal to tax brides whose dresses are too skimpy

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Nico Lacetera, who has a fine eye for repugnant transactions, points me to a proposal involving repugnance from several points of view: V...
Friday, September 28, 2018

Bride price in rural China

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The Washington Post has a story about efforts to cap rising bride prices in one Chinese rural town: The ‘bride price’ in China keeps risi...
Thursday, September 27, 2018

Postdocs in market design at Melbourne

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Alex Nichifor directs my attention to this ad in the JOE : The University of Melbourne Faculty of Business and Economics Centre for...
Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Repugnance in Malaysia: sex and punishment

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Malaysia is a complicated place: here's a story from the Guardian, of judicial caning in Malaysia, and objections to it, partly because...
Tuesday, September 25, 2018

NSF is looking for a new Division Director, Social and Economic Sciences, SBE

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This is an important job in government science: Division Director, Social and Economic Sciences, SBE Responsibilities Serves as a memb...
Monday, September 24, 2018

Are there too many interviews for medical residencies and fellowships? Should there be an interview Match?

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A recent article in JAMA considers the question in the title of this post: September 21, 2018 Matching for Fellowship Interviews Marc L...
Sunday, September 23, 2018

Prostitution, brothels and police corruption in NYC

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The NY Times has the story: Brothels, Gambling and an Ex-Detective Mastermind: Officials Detail N.Y. Police Scandal " It was a swee...
Saturday, September 22, 2018

Surrogacy laws in Europe (mostly banned) and some countries where it is allowed

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EuroNews has the story (and a map): Where in Europe is surrogacy legal? Families Through Surrogacy provides some information abou...