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- Posted 11 years ago
Economics Conferences in China, Japan, Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand 2013
Following our earlier post from November about Economics Conferences in 2013, we have now published a (chronological) list of Conferences in Economics and Statistics taking place in the Asia-Pacific Region. If you know of other interesting, economics-related events in the region, please share these with us in the comments at the end of this post.
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- Posted 11 years ago
INOMICS and ERSA Announce Partnership
INOMICS continues and expands its working partnership with the European Regional Scienc Association (ERSA) into 2013.
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- Posted 11 years ago
Top Apps for Economists
Apps (already âWord of the Yearâ in 2010), have become an integral part of our everyday lives, bringing to our phones not only entertainment, but also helpful tools to be used for educational and professional purposes. Downloadable for free or for a price, there are a number of handy apps created especially for economists, which come in the form of data sets, quizzes, educational videos, podcasts or simply mobile versions of media.
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- Posted 11 years ago
Economics Job Market: ASSA Meeting 2013
It is that time of year again!
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- Study Abroad Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Ranking Economics Departments: Number of Top Institutions by Country
Data Source: RePEc
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- Posted 11 years ago
Halloween Economics: Who Spends Money on What?
Halloween is a highly commercialized holiday in the US, with people of all ages celebrating and spending. Expected Halloween spending of US consumers in 2012 almost equals government expenditures of Kenya. According to surveys conducted annually by the National Retail Federation, in last five years total spending on Halloween in the US grew from $4.96 billion in 2006 to an expected $8 billion in 2012. After a significant drop in spending in 2009, consumers managed to bring it back up to the level of a previous year in 2010.
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- Posted 11 years ago
Google Economics
Googleâs California headquarters is one of the more unusual places where you might find economists hard at work. While economists did not have a place at Google when it launched in 1998, by 2002 Google had begun to hire economists in advisory roles as the demand for Googleâs ad space grew in size and complexity.
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- Posted 11 years ago
Where Are The Economists Coming From?
Data published on OECD.Stats Extracts gives an overview of the absolute numbers of graduates from tertiary type-A and advanced research programs for all standard fields of education. According to the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED), economics and economic history fall under the category of Social and Behavioral Science (business and related disciplines are not included). The graph presented above includes aggregated data for countries with the largest number of graduates in social and behavioral science* for the year 2010. The number of graduates from the US significantly out numbers graduates from other OECD countries, leading in every other discipline as well. Unfortunately, there is no information available on the exact percentage of economists among the graduates.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Education 2.0: Teaching Economics Using Digital Tools
Considering the remarkable technological progress and the spread of social media in the last few years, it can be challenging to teach and involve students when using an old-fashioned lecture style. Shelving overhead projectors and boring PowerPoint slides, some professors have converted to âeducation 2.0â, integrating new tools and applications into their class format.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Economics Degree vs Public Policy Degree: Which Masters to Choose
When I was about to receive my Bachelor diploma, I was confused. I knew where I wanted to work, but I didnât know how to get there with a Degree in Law. I also knew that I needed to steer my professional training towards economics, but I didnât know how. The problem was that I just didnât have enough credits in any economics-related disciplines to meet the requirements of the majority of study programs available. After having weighed all the options, I made up my mind to apply for an MA in Public Policy and to try to focus on economics-related disciplines.
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- Posted 11 years ago
How Economics Is Embracing Its Young
After our tour of economics conferences this summer, the INOMICS team was impressed by the number of young economists at these events. Anecdotally, many delegates have the impression that there is a trend towards younger academics at even long-established, annual events, as well as more female delegates than were present in the past. Perhaps the time of economics conferences as the preserve of distinguished, yet silver-haired, bearded men is coming to a close.
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- Career Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
To Open Access or Not?
âOpen Accessâ has been a bit of a buzzword in academic circles over the last couple of years. Its rise to popularity has come from a combination of factors including the increased price to access academic journals, as well as increased access to the internet, which has had the effect of speeding up the rate at which information travels.
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- Work Abroad Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Research Funding in Economics in Europe
Source: Survey on Research Funding for the Social Sciences in Europe, Ramon Marimon, Igor Guardiancich, Mike Mariathasan, Eva Rossi, European University Institute, 2011
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Studying Abroad, Lonely Abroad
The China Economic Review from last month ran an interesting piece by John van Fleet about the 150,000+ Haigui (æ”·ćœ) currently studying in the USA (Haigui, literally âSea Turtlesâ is the name given to Chinese students studying abroad). Van Fleet discusses not only the challenges of interaction between international and domestic students, but also the economic impact for both host and origin country.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 11 years ago
Why study Economics in a Foreign Language?
With English being considered the âmust-have languageâ, is there a need for economists to learn a foreign language, or does it concern only those who work or want to work in the business field in a non-English speaking country?
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- Posted 11 years ago
Graduates in Economics: Statistics (UK example)
What happens to economics students once they complete their first degree? Here is a snapshot of economics graduatesâ activities detailing their occupation six months after graduation.
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- Posted 11 years ago
Textbooks versus E-Books
A few weeks ago I came across an interview on TechCrunch with Brian Kibby, the president of McGraw-Hill Higher Education, discussing his positive outlook on the future of e-books, e-content and generally the future of what he calls âsuper adaptive learning.â Contrary to what one might expect from a textbook publisher, Kibby explains in the interview that he expects to see a significant increase in the adoption of e-materials within the next year and full adoption within three years. Optimistic?
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- Posted 12 years ago
Growth of Econ Research in China
The Tilburg University Economics Ranking Sandbox For anyone that doesnât know it, the Tilburg University Economics Ranking, which ranks economics departments based on contributions to articles published in any one of 62 (mostly English-language) economics-related journals, is well worth a look.
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- Posted 12 years ago
Free Education to Replace Skyrocketing Tuition Fees?
The cost of education varies enormously depending on what one studies and where. In the last few years, there has been plenty of hype about the âHigher Education Bubble,â brought to the attention of the media by the Economist last year. This phenomena seems to be particularly prominent in the business-oriented fields worldwide and as an overarching situation in the US.
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- Study Advice Article
- Posted 12 years ago
Economics: It's not just about the money?
The move from high school to university or college can be a daunting one, often made more difficult by the question âwhat am I going to study.â This is naturally influenced by personal interests, past experiences, parents, friends, and teachers, but when it comes down to it, it is the student that has to decide what is interesting for them. I have taken a troll around the Internet to see what people have to say in favour of studying economics and come up with some interesting answer.
Pagination