Showing posts with label curiosities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label curiosities. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Video game firm seeks economist

Thanks to Lindsay Cleary, who pointed out that the video game firm Valve is seeking an economist to analyze their virtual worlds.  Here is a link to their jobs page: http://www.valvesoftware.com/jobs/job_postings.html

Thursday, March 11, 2010

Are economics students happier?

FYI: Justus Haucap and Ulrich Heimeshoff reported in their paper "The Happiness of Economists: Estimating the Causal Effect of Studying Economics on Subjective Well-Being" that economics students are happier than other students in the social sciences.