tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post5521479531724461551..comments2023-11-24T03:20:02.361-07:00Comments on Tufte's Economics Classes Blog - A Living Textbook: Do Girls Cause Divorce?Dr. Tuftehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-89302543738738350482009-02-17T10:31:00.000-07:002009-02-17T10:31:00.000-07:00-1 on Victoria for a spelling error.The point of d...-1 on Victoria for a spelling error.<BR/><BR/>The point of doing research is that you can check whether things that seem unrealistic actually are.<BR/><BR/>Part of what you should learn in college is not to criticize research for getting results that you don't agree with, but instead to recognize that someone else has put the "ball in your court" and you either have to accept it or go out and Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-85649061937448155252009-02-15T19:33:00.000-07:002009-02-15T19:33:00.000-07:00I think this article is interesting to read, but I...I think this article is interesting to read, but I don't think this article is realistc especially part of"couples were more likely to get divorced if their first born was a girl."Victoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10240674380260411668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7169279.post-58613085159010774092008-04-26T21:31:00.000-06:002008-04-26T21:31:00.000-06:00Carter, you have part of it backwards. The tax ben...Carter, you have part of it backwards. The tax benefits are for not getting married. And yet these families suck up more on the spending side.<BR/><BR/>The relationship between the sex of the first child and divorce is new, but it has already held up to quite a bit of scrutiny. It seems men want to hang around their boys more ...Dr. Tuftehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397586052171706438noreply@blogger.com