February 2019 – Barter is Evil

28 February 2019

Oil & Fertility in North Dakota

So I am following up my own post. A paper I am soon to present looks at fertility rates in North Dakota and how they were impacted by oil activity. My earlier post, Oil boom but no baby boom in ND, showed a lack of change in the age specific fertility rates for North Dakota over time related to the oil boom. That does not tell the whole story though. There are changes though that are important to highlight. Part of my research is an attempt to break out effects from price and quantity changes on the fertility rate in certain areas.

24 February 2019

More negotiation dimensions

If you believe the opinions of most experts over the President success with North Korea negotiations was always going to be difficult to define, let alone achieve. At this point the President setting a different tack in terms of patience is a good thing actually.

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19 February 2019

Oil Boom but no baby boom in ND?

Just some musings and thoughts related to oil and fertility in North Dakota.

13 February 2019

Tax Policy and User Experience

The issues the public has with the outcomes of the tax act suggest a need for more attention to the user experience in the formulation of economic policies.

12 February 2019

Births to Married and Unmarried Women in ND

So the population projection is going and as we work along with it you get to look at some data you did not look at in a while. Lots of recent discussion for us focuses on fertility and fertility modeling. Specifically we are trying to determine various determining factors related to births for North Dakota. This is important given the recent booms in certain sectors and in certain regions of the state.