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Women more empowered to pursue career aspirations in developed countries

October 29, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

Fascinating study across 80 countries that both confirms a finding from many previous studies (more boys than girls aspire to a things-oriented or STEM occupation and more girls than boys to a people-oriented occupation) and has an important counterintuitive finding: Women’s empowerment is associated with relatively high levels of national wealth and this wealth allows […]

Filed Under: Policy Rants Tagged With: gender

Email from Roger Kerr to Sir Douglas Myers, June 2011

October 27, 2021 By Nicholas Kerr Leave a Comment

From: Roger Kerr Sent: Friday, 3 June 2011 3:58 p.m. To: Sir Douglas Myers Subject: Honours Attachments: Letter from the Prime Minister.pdf; Letter from the Governor-General.pdf Dear Douglas See the attached letters. I have a suspicion you were in the loop. The plotters got together a pretty solid line up of supporters – Bill Gallagher, […]

Filed Under: Random Rants Tagged With: Douglas Myers, Roger Kerr

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I’m Nicholas, a marketing consultant and dad in Dallas, TX. I like to follow policy debates, chat about parenting and share stories. Read More…

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