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发帖数: 6973 | 1 Two days ago I had a posting about divorce rates in China. It is deleted but
fro your convenience, attached below. Three economists were awarded Nobel
prizes yesterday, whose reseach has been used in study of divorce. The
following is my new posting
Catherine Rampell, Economists Share Nobel for Studying Job Market. New York
Times, Oct. 12, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/12/business/economy/12nobel.html?scp=1&sq=nobel%20economics&st=cse
Quote:
"Justin Wolfers, a University of Pennsylvania economist, has applied the
theory in his own work on marriage and divorce, for example.
“'Labor economists think about firing costs, and family economists think
about divorce costs,' Professor Wolfers said. Just as restrictions on firing
an employee make fewer workers available for new positions — and therefore
make companies skittish about making too many changes to their work force
— low divorce rates can be self-perpetuating. With divorces rare, unhappy
spouses may think twice about getting a divorce themselves, since there
would be so few eligible new mates available. |
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