Seán M Muller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3696744 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Seán M Muller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Seán M |
| FAMILY NAME | Muller |
| SIGNATURE | MÜLLER S M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Evidence for a Yeti? A Cautionary Tale from South Africa's Youth Employment Tax Incentive
In 2014 the South African government implemented a youth employment tax incentive (YETI) scheme to address the high rate of youth unemployment. Its adoption has been hailed as a success story for evidence-based policy. This article critically assesses that claim, focusing on the randomized trial of a wage-subsidy voucher that was used to justify the adoption of the policy and econometric analyses of the incentive's efficacy that were used to just…
The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking
The implications of a fundamental contradiction in advocating randomized trials for policy
The economics and philosophy of the brain drain
The paper provides a critical perspective on recent contributions to the economics literature, and associated philosophical arguments, that downplay negative effects of skilled migration on developing countries. The assertion that such migration incentivises investment in human capital is shown to rely on shaky theoretical foundations and weak empirical evidence. The associated economic literature suggesting a net positive effect of brain drain i…
Academics as rent seekers
Academics as rent seekers
The economics and philosophy of the brain drain
The paper provides a critical perspective on recent contributions to the economics literature, and associated philosophical arguments, that downplay negative effects of skilled migration on developing countries. The assertion that such migration incentivises investment in human capital is shown to rely on shaky theoretical foundations and weak empirical evidence. The associated economic literature suggesting a net positive effect of brain drain i…
The implications of a fundamental contradiction in advocating randomized trials for policy
The dangers of performative scientism as the alternative to anti-scientific policymaking
Evidence for a Yeti? A Cautionary Tale from South Africa's Youth Employment Tax Incentive
In 2014 the South African government implemented a youth employment tax incentive (YETI) scheme to address the high rate of youth unemployment. Its adoption has been hailed as a success story for evidence-based policy. This article critically assesses that claim, focusing on the randomized trial of a wage-subsidy voucher that was used to justify the adoption of the policy and econometric analyses of the incentive's efficacy that were used to just…
Economics (5 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Public economics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Incentive (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)