Time preferences and national IQ
Wang, M., Rieger, M. O., & Hens, T. (2016). How time preferences differ: Evidence from 53 countries. Journal of Economic Psychology, 52, 115-135. We present results from the first large-scale…
No Swedish refugee miracle: large negative net contributions of immigrants
Recently, I found a Swedish language report that discusses economic consequences of refugee immigration to Sweden. Ruist, Joakim. 2018:3 Tid för integration – en ESO-rapport om flyktingars bakgrund och arbetsmarknadsetablering.…
Measuring antisocial behavior well
I have previously written about issues with measuring antisocial/criminal behavior, but I found a study that did it very well, so we will be talking about it. Baker, L. A.,…
Economic impact of immigration: A Nordic perspective (Screencast lecture)
I made a new video, sort of as an experiment (with a bad microphone, will get another one for next video). The slides are here. I talk about economics of…
Replies to Taleb
Since people keep asking about this, yes, there are several lengthy replies to Nassim Taleb's anti-IQ piece from January 2019 "IQ Is Largely a Pseudoscientific Swindle". He's a loose cannon,…
Unfinished Wikipedia FAQ on IQ etc.
Some time ago, I was building a large reference FAQ for use on Wikipedia. Unfortunately, some activist admins came along and deleted it. The archived version is here. The background…
Book review: The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect (Judea Pearl, Dana Mackenzie)
Pearl, J., & Mackenzie, D. (2018). The book of why: the new science of cause and effect. Basic Books. This is an interesting but annoying book. The basic pattern of…
More than total brain volume deep: modern neuroscience of race
See also previous posts: Race gaps in brain size in the very young, Of cats and dogs and men Sometimes it's said that race science is stuck in an old…
New paper out: Global Ancestry and Cognitive Ability (PNC study)
Lasker, J., Pesta, B. J., Fuerst, J. G., & Kirkegaard, E. O. W. (2019). Global Ancestry and Cognitive Ability. Psych, 1(1), 431-459. Using data from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort, we…
Politics from text — not so easy?
I came across this obscure study while doing some research on other matters. Yan, H., Lavoie, A., & Das, S. (2017). The Perils of Classifying Political Orientation From Text. Linked…