Sex, Drugs and Economics

Authentic, hand-crafted artisanal blog posts on economics and other stuff. Warning: May contain traces of nuts.

Monday, 15 December 2025

Grade inflation at New Zealand universities, and what can be done about it

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Grade inflation at New Zealand universities has been in the news recently. This is a delayed reaction to this report from the New Zealand ...
Sunday, 14 December 2025

Online and blended learning lead to similar outcomes on average, at lower cost but lower student satisfaction

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It's been a while since I've written about online or blended learning, which may seem surprising given the ample opportunities for u...
Saturday, 13 December 2025

This Kansas City Chiefs conspiracy theory article is a mess

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I have to admit to experiencing a non-trivial amount of schadenfreude this year, as the Kansas City Chiefs find themselves with a losing rec...
Friday, 12 December 2025

This week in research #105

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Here's what caught my eye in research over the past week: Gillespie et al.  (with ungated earlier version here ) find evidence of landlo...
Thursday, 11 December 2025

Do men and women pitch science proposals differently, and does it matter for funding outcomes?

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If male academics and female academics write academic papers and grant proposals differently, does that lead to different outcomes by gender...
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