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Popularity in High School Pays a Premium Forty Years Later
“We estimate that moving from the 20th to 80th percentile of the high-school popularity distribution yields a 10% wage premium nearly 40 years later.” Reference Conti, Gabriella, Galeotti, Andrea, Mueller,Gerrit, & Pudney, Stephen. (2102). Popularity. National Bureau of Economic Research. NBER Working Paper No. 18475.
The Game Changer – The 47% Tape
Nate Silver clearly depicts the adverse effect of Governor Romney’s ‘47% statement‘ on the popular vote metric. His graph also depicts a significant jump in President Obama’s popularity after the Democrat National Convention with a simultaneous drop in Governor Romney’s … Continue reading
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