Ultimos Posts 1. 21/06/2009 18:19 - Extensions to the marshmallow experiment First of all, if you don't know what the marshmallow experiment is you can find it out on this wikipedia entry or through this hilarious video from Joachim de Posada . For the few who found the topic interesting, I'd recommend you this great article from The New Yorker too (HT to TBP ). That being said, here are some proposed extensions to the marshmallow experiment that I'd love t... 2. 08/03/2009 20:01 - Cum hoc ergo propter hoc Fuente: Correlation... 3. 14/02/2009 14:51 - Perfil de Roland Fryer "He is a scientist, he explains, devoted to squeezing truths from the data, wherever that may lead" Toward a Unified Theory of Black America , NYT 03/2005... 4. 07/11/2008 21:29 - ¿Quieren mejores escuelas? contraten mejores Profesores! Así lo afirma el economista de Harvard Edward Glaeser , en el Op Ed del Boston Globe de hoy.... 5. 29/07/2008 20:45 - ¿Porqué Estados Unidos se convirtio en la mayor potencia económica del siglo XX? David Brooks ensaya una respuesta aquí , en base a dos trabajos recientes: Goldin, Claudia and Lawrence Katz (2007) " The Race between Education and Technology: The Evolution of U.S. Educational Wage Differentials, 1890 to 2005 " National Bureau of Economic Research. Working Paper Series 12984. March 2007. Disponible aquí . James J. Heckman (2008) " Schools, Skills, and Synapses " ... |
