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brendan:
The economics of happiness
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/09/AR2007020900963.html
http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/dps/bpde2004/Rayo.pdf

brendan:
http://www.dallasfed.org/news/friedman.cfm


--- Quote ---Dallas Fed president and CEO Richard W. Fisher sat down with economist Milton Friedman on October 19, 2005, as part of ongoing discussions with the Nobel Prize winner. In a wide-ranging interview, Friedman and Fisher discuss a myriad of topics, including globalization, China, the Federal Reserve, free trade, government spending and education reform.

Dr. Friedman passed away on Novermber 16, 2006.
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brendan:
The RBA has realeased its quarterly Statement on Monetary Policy today:

http://www.rba.gov.au/PublicationsAndResearch/StatementsOnMonetaryPolicy/statement_on_monetary_1107.html
http://www.rba.gov.au/PublicationsAndResearch/StatementsOnMonetaryPolicy/Statements/statement_on_monetary_1107.pdf

brendan:
Studying is good for you:

http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/cepa/stinebrickner_paper.pdf
"Despite the large amount of attention that has been paid recently to understanding the determinants of educational outcomes, knowledge of the causal effect of the most fundamental input in the education production function - students? study time and effort - has remained virtually non-existent. In this paper, we examine the causal effect of studying on grade performance using an Instrumental Variable estimator. Our approach takes advantage of a unique natural experiment and is possible because we have collected unique longitudinal data that provides detailed information about all aspects of this experiment. Important for understanding the potential impact of a wide array of education policies, the results suggest that human capital accumulation is far from predetermined at the time of college entrance."

brendan:
[b]Noam Y. Kirson, "Work, Stress and Health: Some Adverse Effects of Female Labor Force Participation", Harvard University, November 12, 2007.[/b]

"This paper finds a strong positive correlation between female labor force participation and negative health outcomes for middle-aged men and women, and suggests that this correlation is mediated by household-level stress. At the cross-country aggregate level, I show that labor force participation of women is associated with increased mortality rates among both men and women. At the individual level, I find that married men whose spouses work are more likely to die within 10 years, to have high blood pressure and to self-report worse health outcomes. The findings do not appear to be the result of reverse causality. The mortality effects, both aggregate and individual, are especially large for deaths from ischemic heart disease, while weak to moderate for cancer. These findings match well with the medical evidence on the link between stress and health."

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