RE: Life Expectancy and Immigration
I think you can`t unlink both factors (genes/womb and country) because genetic defects and growth of embryo are partly affected by social and environmental circumstances of the country, carciogenic pollution and food, malnutrition or physical stress of the mother (hard work, etc.). Thatswhy I would suggest, that maximum live expectancy is independant from origin (see Nesse, Williamson: Why We Get Sick : The New Science of Darwinian Medicine)but average life expectancy is primary dependent on country of origin. Greetings from Halle(Germany) Steffen ~~~ Steffen Hentrich Research assistant: Environmental Economics Institute for Economic Research Halle Structural Change Department Kleine Maerkerstrasse 8 D-06108 Halle (Saale) GERMANY Tel.: ++ 49 345 7753 808 Fax: ++ 49 345 7753 820 eMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.iwh-halle.de/d/abteil/stwa/shh/pers.htm -Original Message- From: jim horsman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 3:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Life Expectancy and Immigration Life expectancy varies widely between countries. When someone moves to a new country, what best predicts their lifespan? Country of origin? Or country of destination? -- The country is not the determining factor for life expectancy. Some immigrants live like the country of origin and presumably they would have life expectancies similar to said country. Some immigrants live like the host country and should have similar life expectancies. 2 caveats 1- genes matter 2- what happens in the womb is enormously important and must be taken into consideration.
Spam: Legal, economic or technical problem?
When faxes were invented, people got pissed off when their valuable fax line was used by unsolicited advertisements. Thus, in many places fax spam is now a legal offense punishable by a large fine for each unwanted faxed message. Ie, the conflict was resolvd simply by having the practice banned, rather than some economic mechanism. What about e-mail spam? The technology seems to prohibit an effective ban on spam, yet neither an economic nor legal solution seems available. Any thoughts on whether spam can be reduced via some sort of economic or technical mechanism? Fabio
Re: Life Expectancy and Immigration
Bahizi_P wrote: Country of destination would be the answer. Not to be critical, but do you have any data, or is this just your best guess? Life expectancy has a lot to do with access to a myriad of services primary available in developed countries (where life expectancy is greater) such as: -medical services and treatment (Proper diagnosis and so on) -presence (or lack thereof) of highly and deadly contagious diseases -proper nutrition -proper mental health care (anxiety and stress due to environment, i.e. political unrest) Lifespan is also related to: -better information -and overall better quality of life The reverse would also true. A person going from a country with high life expectancy to one with a shorter lifespan and adopting the locals way of life, i.e. exposure to diseases, malnutrition, etc, would have their lifespan considerably shortened. My 2c worth. Pierre Bahizi [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Bryan Caplan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 25, 2002 2:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Life Expectancy and Immigration Life expectancy varies widely between countries. When someone moves to a new country, what best predicts their lifespan? Country of origin? Or country of destination? -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] He was thinking that Prince Andrei was in error and did not see the true light, and that he, Pierre, ought to come to his aid, to enlighten and uplift him. But no sooner had he thought out what he should say and how to say it than he foresaw that Prince Andrei, with one word, a single argument, would discredit all his teachings, and he was afraid to begin, afraid to expose to possible ridicule what he cherished and held sacred. Leo Tolstoy, *War and Peace* -- Prof. Bryan Caplan Department of Economics George Mason University http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Who are they? Why are they running? Could they be coming to me? Really coming to me? And why? To kill me? *Me* whom everyone loves? Leo Tolstoy, *War and Peace*
Re: Spam: Legal, economic or technical problem?
There are some good potential economic mechanisms using micro-payments. If it costs even a nickel to send an email that would greatly reduce spam. Money is not even necessary - suppose that when an email was sent a response was sent back saying in order to accept this email you must factor this number and send me back the factors - if the factorization took even a few micro-seconds that would not be an issue for non-spammers but would shut spammers down. Alex Tabarrok
Re: Photographers
Fred's solution looks to be the best. I remember noticing that the copyrights for a lot of celebrity photographs are no longer with the original photographer. Maybe this system does work -yazad Ask them how much is the least they would accept in payment for the negative, before you have the picture taken. Go and ask several photographers. If they say I don't sell negatives, offer $10,000. He will probably say OK. Then tell him you will be asking other photographers, and so, what is the least he would accept? You could also mention that if you can't get the negative, you will scan the photo into your computer. The quality won't be as good as with a negative, and folks might think it is the fault of the photographer. Fred Foldvary = [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com
