Something happens when you least expect it...

    从上周接到WTO官员的电话面试开始激动了一个星期，今天终于收到他们的正式offer了。看来这些赫赫有名的银行，咨询公司对我来说是高攀吧：（国际组织中除了OECD之外，中国学生都有资格申请（中国还不是OECD成员）。当最有希望的APEC据了我之外，我对这些国际组织就失去信心了。不过峰回路转，很多事情在你最不期待的时候发生了。

     要来巴黎的朋友们赶快行动吧，我很快就离开了咯：）

     日内瓦，又是一个新的起点，而且是一个期待的目的地... 

           

 

     PS：coolyoung师兄，期待在瑞士相见！

    

 

ATT:

The Economics of Workaholism: We Should Not Have Worked on This Paper!

A large literature examines the addictive properties of such behaviors as smoking, drinking alcohol and eating. We argue that for some people addictive behavior may apply to a much more central aspect of economic life: working. Workaholism is subject to the same concerns about the individual as other addictions, is more likely to be a problem of higher-income individuals, and can, under conditions of jointness in the workplace or the household, generate negative spillovers onto individuals around the workaholic. Using the Retirement History Survey and the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we find evidence that is consistent with the idea that high-income, highly educated people suffer from workaholism with regard to retiring, in that they are more likely to postpone earlier plans for retirement. The evidence and theory suggest that the negative effects of workaholism can be addressed with a more progressive income tax system than would be appropriate in the absence of this behavior.

最近研究的方向从international economy到behavioral economy,发现了另外一片新天地！离我的梦想其实更近了一步，不过我还是不说我的梦想了，不然肯定被认为跟上面那片论文的作者一样crazy!