Papers from the Animals and Society Section of the American Sociological Association.
Some of these sound reasonable enough, others, perhaps less so.
Some of these sound reasonable enough, others, perhaps less so.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Assorted links
Posted on 6:23 AM by Unknown
1. Collecting the White Album. I wonder why they were numbered?
2. Emergency condom delivery.
3. Social construction of reality at Danish (public) Radio.
4. My best friend from third grade.
5. Surprisingly good advice for undergraduates on how to deal with faculty from the US News.
#1 and #2 via MR. Hat tip on #3 to Lars Skipper.
2. Emergency condom delivery.
3. Social construction of reality at Danish (public) Radio.
4. My best friend from third grade.
5. Surprisingly good advice for undergraduates on how to deal with faculty from the US News.
#1 and #2 via MR. Hat tip on #3 to Lars Skipper.
Causal follies: overtime edition
Posted on 6:19 AM by Unknown
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Interivew with Justin Wolfers
Posted on 3:34 PM by Unknown
This interview is from our department web page.
I prefer to think of economics as a "way of thinking" rather than a set of tools, but both formulations emphasize the breadth and generality of the discipline.
The interviewer is Emily Chiu, ace honors undergraduate and, like yours truly, an afficianado of Harold's Chicken Shack in Hyde Park.
Addendum: link fixed - hopefully I get a kickback from the CEA for sending people to their conference website for a few hours.
I prefer to think of economics as a "way of thinking" rather than a set of tools, but both formulations emphasize the breadth and generality of the discipline.
The interviewer is Emily Chiu, ace honors undergraduate and, like yours truly, an afficianado of Harold's Chicken Shack in Hyde Park.
Addendum: link fixed - hopefully I get a kickback from the CEA for sending people to their conference website for a few hours.
Information and medicine
Posted on 6:59 AM by Unknown
Someone did a study that allowed patients to see their doctor's notes. The sky did not fall.
What is missing from the write-up is impacts on health outcomes. The other thing that is missing is a cost-benefit analysis.
There are also external validity issues. I don't know about the other two study sites, but Harborview is Seattle is a high end medical center. Things might be different at, say, an urban hospitial serving a lot of Medicaid patients.
More broadly, the study is one more reminder of the astounding backwardness of medical IT.
Via MR.
What is missing from the write-up is impacts on health outcomes. The other thing that is missing is a cost-benefit analysis.
There are also external validity issues. I don't know about the other two study sites, but Harborview is Seattle is a high end medical center. Things might be different at, say, an urban hospitial serving a lot of Medicaid patients.
More broadly, the study is one more reminder of the astounding backwardness of medical IT.
Via MR.
Friday, February 22, 2013
Sheldon Danziger to Russell Sage
Posted on 9:44 AM by Unknown
My friend and Ford School colleague Sheldon Danziger is leaving us to become the president of the Russell Sage Foundation.
Congratulations to Sheldon, who will be much missed around here!
Congratulations to Sheldon, who will be much missed around here!
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