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Lars Pålsson Syll
Professor at Malmö University. Primary research interest - the philosophy, history and methodology of economics.

Lars P. Syll

Structural equation modelling (student stuff)

Structural equation modelling (student stuff) .[embedded content] This is a good introduction to some of the basic thoughts behind the use of SEMs. But — for the controversial question if SEMs really can be considered causal, yours truly highly recommends reading Kenneth Bollen’s and Judea Pearl’s Eight myths about causality and structural equation models.

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Discrimination and the use of ‘statistical controls’

The gender pay gap is a fact that, sad to say, to a non-negligible extent is the result of discrimination. And even though many women are not deliberately discriminated against, but rather self-select into lower-wage jobs, this in no way magically explains away the discrimination gap. As decades of socialization research has shown, women may be ‘structural’ victims of impersonal social mechanisms that in different ways aggrieve them. Wage discrimination is unacceptable. Wage...

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Ett ljus i radiomörkret

Ett ljus i radiomörkret I dessa tider — när ljudrummet dränks i den kommersiella radions pubertalflams — har man nästan gett upp. Men det finns ljus i mörkret. I programmet Text och musik med Eric Schüldt — som sänds på söndagsförmiddagarna i P2 mellan klockan 11 och 12 — kan man lyssna på seriös musik och en programledare som verkligen har något att säga och inte bara låter foderluckan glappa. Att få höra någon med intelligens och känsla tala om saker som...

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Me and Jane Austen in Karlsbad (personal)

Me and Jane Austen in Karlsbad (personal) Back in the 80’s yours truly had the pleasure of studying German in Vienna. A wonderful town full of history and Kaffeehäuser. A couple of years ago, I was invited to give a series of lectures at University of Vienna and at Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. I spent an absolutely fabulous week with visits to Café Central, Hofburg, Vienna State Opera, Belvedere, Pratern, etc., etc. ...

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On the limits of ‘mediation analysis’ and ‘statistical causality’

“Mediation analysis” is this thing where you have a treatment and an outcome and you’re trying to model how the treatment works: how much does it directly affect the outcome, and how much is the effect “mediated” through intermediate variables … In the real world, it’s my impression that almost all the mediation analyses that people actually fit in the social and medical sciences are misguided: lots of examples where the assumptions aren’t clear and where, in any case,...

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Att tjäna pengar på sjuka — en riktigt sjuk idé

Att tjäna pengar på sjuka — en riktigt sjuk idé Personal på Attendos äldreboende Långbroberg i södra Stockholm har larmat om missförhållanden – utan att de känner att de får gehör hos cheferna. Ett tiotal anställda väljer nu att berätta om: ■ Obemannade avdelningar nattetid, där boende skriker av smärta och det dröjer innan de får hjälp. ■ Blaskig soppa, frysta måltider och ont om frukost, vilket gör att brukare är hungriga och rasar i vikt. ■ Boende som...

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