Freakonomics in the Times Magazine: Laid-Back Labor
Read the Column » A Century of Work and Leisure By Valerie A. Ramey and Neville Francis Measuring Trends in Leisure By Mark Aguiar and Erik Hurst Photo of the Dubner Family Farm In their May 6, 2007,...
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Because Elections Are Determined by the Median Voter
The folks at the Census Bureau have just finished compiling the most recent data on income distribution. I’m betting that the following chart will get a lot of political play: Yes, median real...
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Can You Trust Census Data?
No. At least that’s the conclusion of an important new paper (ungated version here) by Trent Alexander, Michael Davern and Betsey Stevenson, who find enormous errors in some critically important...
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Interstate Migration Has Fallen Less Than You Think
One of the exceptional things about the U.S. is how mobile our workers are.? It means that worker shortages in North Dakota won’t last long, as workers will move there from jobless Nevada.? There’s...
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Detroit is Dying… Quickly
Photo: iStockphoto Census data released this week confirmed what we already knew: Detroit is dying. It’s just happening much faster than we thought. From 2000 to 2010, Detroit lost a quarter of its...
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Hispanic Population Growth Now Driven More by Births, Not Immigration
From a Pew Research Center analysis of the latest Census data: In the decade from 2000 to 2010, the Mexican-American population grew by 7.2 million as a result of births and 4.2 million as a result of...
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Who Lived in Your House in 1940?
Here’s a splendid diversion if you’re a data nerd, a history buff, or even just like good detective work: Tell the story of the family that lived in your house in 1940. A bit more background. If you...
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