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...Perhaps companies lay off mostly unproductive workers. When they're eventually rehired elsewhere for less money, maybe it's because they were overpaid before? That is unlikely. At least from a statistical point of view, we made sure as much as possible that we didn't compare apples and oranges. We studied large layoffs, where workers who did not lose their jobs because of some fault of their own, and then we compared them to workers who had similar earnings trajectories and similar industry and age profiles...
...surprising, then, that when it was my turn to give out names, I found myself adhering to similar kinds of traditions. My daughters are half Mexican - not an easy thing to be in Lou Dobbs' America - and my wife and I wanted to make sure they remained proud of their Hispanic heritage. We thus tagged them with Elisa and Paloma - elegant, uncommon and undeniably Spanish. (See pictures of pregnant-belly...
...sets a great example with his work ethic and competitiveness,” Saretsky said. “He’s been making sure we’re pushing the guys, focusing on what’s at hand. He’s growing into being a leader on the team...
FlyBy is grateful that gifted minds such as Szostak's and his colleagues' still exist out there, although it would sure be nice if some of that brain power could diffuse (check out that science action!) for those of us who can't even finish our LifeSci 1a problem sets...
...sure to check out the longer article in tomorrow's Crimson...