Who wants to read my economics paper?! It revolves around iraq and afghanistan

[halik]

sdf
last paper of my undergrad career and then i turn into an economist

 

[halik]

sadf

 

[archcommus]

Omg...Adobe Reader 7 + IE7 FTW. I've never had a .pdf open that easily in the browser in my life.

Sorry, just had to say that.

 

[BigJ]

Pernicious...

You sly dog

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: BigJ
Pernicious...

You sly dog

heeheee,
I've used detrimental at least 4 times, so I had to mix it up a bit.

 

[dbk]

In the first paragraph under "Empirical Analysis", you state that Automotive and Diesel Generator Mechanics in Iraq share the same base and incremental risk. Yet, figure 1 disproves this.

 

[remagavon]

I'm an English major, so this is somewhat a bitch for me to try to read P). But I think you have a grammatical error here:

observing the individuals preferences in employment hazards.

I think you need an apostrophe in individuals or after, if you mean multiple people, in which case you'd want to get rid of the 'the'.

Edit: Damn I had a lot of errors in my post.

Okay another:

The converse of the principle works as well...

I'm not en economist, like I said, but I'm not sure if there is a definite principle that you are referring to, or if you are just trying to essentially say "The opposite is true". If you are, then that is really wordy.

Another (in your conclusion):

Perceived risk, it seems, does...

Does it or does it not? If it seems to then what exactly have you proven? I understand that you are trying to generally examine some things, so this again might be accepted given your field.

If I'm terribly off base I'm sorry, it's pretty late. Hope this helps.

 

[dbk]

You also say based on greater Security Police Officer deaths in Afghanistan as opposed to Iraq that Afghanistan is statistically more dangerous. What about the other occupations that you have listed in your tables?? Your argument would be much stronger if you had data comparing those other occupations that just that of the Security Police Officers. Hence, your conclusion is also weak and you also seem to "blame" the media for the false perception of risk. Maybe you have the wrong perception on that issue. Basically, if you had more data that your argument would that more reasonable.

 

[jagec]

It seems to me that your analysis of the perceptual impact on VSL only extends to one job, which is security. As such, your conclusion is by necessity rather vague. Further data would be nice, in order to obtain a proper average VSL, and VSL adjustment due to perception, cross-referenced by career.

I'm not an econ major, but I ran a lemonade stand as a kid.

I liked this part

Java Developers have significantly lower life valuation compared to the other IT jobs

:laugh: can you blame 'em?

 

[acemcmac]

What kind of econ class is this for and what level is it? Junior level? Senior level?

<<< Econ Minor, recent grad. I'll try to help you out. I've certainly written enough econ papers....

BTW. I loved the Java Developer example.

<<< CS Major

:beer:

 

[remagavon]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
What kind of econ class is this for and what level is it? Junior level? Senior level?

<<< Econ Minor, recent grad. I'll try to help you out. I've certainly written enough econ papers....

BTW. I loved the Java Developer example.

<<< CS Major

:beer:

Yeah I agree the Java example was pretty nice.

 

[acemcmac]

I absolutley love this paper, but I do see one signifigant issue. I think that the inherrant job security that comes along with the military really puts downward wage pressure on it because there area always poor people who are ready to fight and simply find that the risk of getting killed is less than that of them living in a life of squalor and failure in the US.

This paper would easily get at least a B+ in one of my classes... probably Intermediate Microeconomics.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I absolutley love this paper, but I do see one signifigant issue. I think that the inherrant job security that comes along with the military really puts downward wage pressure on it because there area always poor people who are ready to fight and simply find that the risk of getting killed is less than that of them living in a life of squalor and failure in the US.

This paper would easily get at least a B+ in one of my classes... probably Intermediate Microeconomics.

Funny you should say that, I'm taking that course right now.

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I absolutley love this paper, but I do see one signifigant issue. I think that the inherrant job security that comes along with the military really puts downward wage pressure on it because there area always poor people who are ready to fight and simply find that the risk of getting killed is less than that of them living in a life of squalor and failure in the US.

This paper would easily get at least a B+ in one of my classes... probably Intermediate Microeconomics.

Funny you should say that, I'm taking that course right now.

Its tough as nails. I ended up doing an analysis of the Alcohol industry and investigating a coorelation between the unemployment rate and alcohol sales

Interestingly, there is an inverse relationship :shocked:, even with beer and liquor (duh with wine)

 

[dbk]

macro > micro

 

[acemcmac]

Originally posted by: ornament
macro > micro

er, no

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: BigJ

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I absolutley love this paper, but I do see one signifigant issue. I think that the inherrant job security that comes along with the military really puts downward wage pressure on it because there area always poor people who are ready to fight and simply find that the risk of getting killed is less than that of them living in a life of squalor and failure in the US.

This paper would easily get at least a B+ in one of my classes... probably Intermediate Microeconomics.

Funny you should say that, I'm taking that course right now.

Its tough as nails. I ended up doing an analysis of the Alcohol industry and investigating a coorelation between the unemployment rate and alcohol sales

Interestingly, there is an inverse relationship :shocked:, even with beer and liquor (duh with wine)

I guess I got lucky with my teacher then.

2 exams (Midterm 35%, Final 40%) counting for 75% of the grade. 5 Problem Sets that count for 25% of the grade. That's it.

Just aced the Midterm on Tuesday too

Also, 85-100 = A

 

[chambersc]

Originally posted by: acemcmac

Originally posted by: ornament
macro > micro

er, no

I'm sorry sir, he's right

great paper, taking interm micro in the fall and interm macro in spring

<-- double econ and poli sci major

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: ornament
In the first paragraph under "Empirical Analysis", you state that Automotive and Diesel Generator Mechanics in Iraq share the same base and incremental risk. Yet, figure 1 disproves this.

Well the risk is relatively comparable when you take in account the average for all overseas jobs. The differences wouldn't really be considered statistially significant in my head.

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: remagavon
I'm an English major, so this is somewhat a bitch for me to try to read P). But I think you have a grammatical error here:

observing the individuals preferences in employment hazards.

I think you need an apostrophe in individuals or after, if you mean multiple people, in which case you'd want to get rid of the 'the'.

Edit: Damn I had a lot of errors in my post.

Okay another:

The converse of the principle works as well...

I'm not en economist, like I said, but I'm not sure if there is a definite principle that you are referring to, or if you are just trying to essentially say "The opposite is true". If you are, then that is really wordy.

Another (in your conclusion):

Perceived risk, it seems, does...

Does it or does it not? If it seems to then what exactly have you proven? I understand that you are trying to generally examine some things, so this again might be accepted given your field.

If I'm terribly off base I'm sorry, it's pretty late. Hope this helps.

you're right on with the grammatical notes, I've only read through it once. It's not due till tomorrow, so if you guys see anything else, let me know

 

[halik]

Originally posted by: ornament
You also say based on greater Security Police Officer deaths in Afghanistan as opposed to Iraq that Afghanistan is statistically more dangerous. What about the other occupations that you have listed in your tables?? Your argument would be much stronger if you had data comparing those other occupations that just that of the Security Police Officers. Hence, your conclusion is also weak and you also seem to "blame" the media for the false perception of risk. Maybe you have the wrong perception on that issue. Basically, if you had more data that your argument would that more reasonable.

great point, unfortunately there's absolutely no data on how many contractors died in afghanistan, nor is there any data on how many there are in total. The security police officer data was really just luck on my part and it def. added a concrete argument for the whole thesis.

Originally posted by: acemcmac
What kind of econ class is this for and what level is it? Junior level? Senior level?

<<< Econ Minor, recent grad. I'll try to help you out. I've certainly written enough econ papers....

BTW. I loved the Java Developer example.

<<< CS Major

:beer:

Senior level, the list of prereqs goes for miles

Originally posted by: acemcmac
I absolutley love this paper, but I do see one signifigant issue. I think that the inherrant job security that comes along with the military really puts downward wage pressure on it because there area always poor people who are ready to fight and simply find that the risk of getting killed is less than that of them living in a life of squalor and failure in the US.

Oh definitely, same jobs always pay more in private sectors compared to the military. That really doesn't affect my paper, because contract work isn't any more secure than regular stateside work.

 

[halik]

bump for people bored at work...