There is a fascinating paper from the Bureau of Labor Statistics that dares to ask the question: what is the likelihood of your job being outsourced. In order to answer the question they took professions in the United States and ranked them on the following criteria: 1. To what degree can the inputs and outputs [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Research'
The science of motivation
June 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Product Development, Research
Yes, it’s making the rounds on the internet, but this one seems worth reposting. Thanks Graham (at Idle Banter) and Nudge blog for the find. ~alex
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Innumeracy and foreclosures
May 27th, 2010 · No Comments · Economics, Research
The Economist has a fascinating blurb about some research performed by the Atlanta Fed. It appears that people who are less numerate (i.e. they are less able to reason with numbers) are more likely to foreclose. From the story: Even accounting for a host of differences between people—including attitudes to risk, income levels and credit [...]
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Bottom up research and investing
February 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · Housing Markets, Research
I’m in the middle of reading When Markets Collide by Mohamed A. El-Erian, and, although it’s a rather ho-hum book, I did find this interesting sentence: PIMCO “looked closely at the way the housing market actually functioned at the microlevel. Their research included participating in “ride alongs” with local real estate and mortgage agents. Their [...]
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