LABOUR ECONOMICS I

Today's Straits Times reported that Australia is experiencing 'mini-baby boom', apparantly caused by the government's procreation benefits ("Aussies urged to 'procreate and cherish'"): Mr Costello urged Australians to have more children in 2004, when Read More...

I read an interview with Milton Friedman (and his wife) in yesterday's Asian Wall Street Journal , titled "The Romance of Economics" (Use E-Newspaper to read it.). He is a brilliant economist, albeit a controversial figure. I learned a few things about Read More...

Today's Straits Times carried an article about prime-aged (25-to-55-year-old) men's falling labor force participation rate (LFPR) in Singapore ("More men let wives bring home the bacon"). It is an interesting piece. My comment on the falling LFPR of men Read More...

In economics debates abound. Some last for a long long time, seemingly without any possibility of successful resolution. One such example is the debate on impacts of immigration on native workers. The question is simple--do immigrants hurt native workers? Read More...

Recently I got a request from a reporter to comment on the labor force participation rates (LFPR) of Singapore. An interesting table is one that compares 2000 statistics with 2005 statistics (click this link to see the table, published in the Singapore Read More...