Author: Jadrian Wooten

Economics eductor. Follow me @Wootenomics
Labor

How Safe is Your Job

Jadrian Wooten

There has been a recent push in the United States to highlight the role of automation replacing labor in the workforce. This Kahoot covers the Freakonomics podcast “How Safe is Your Job?” While the podcast is around 30 minutes in total, the quiz takes less than 10 minutes to complete. The two interview David Autor, John Komlos, and Randall Monroe on what they believe is the roll of humans as the workplace becomes more automized. The roll of creative destruction in the workplace allows for the invention of new products and services that had not previously been considered, which makes it difficult to really forecast what happens in the future. This story is told through the history of the player piano transitioning to radios.

Course Used: Labor Economics
Quiz Nature: Podcast
Question Length: 8 Questions
Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes

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Labor, Reading quiz

Henry Ford’s $5 Per Day Decision

Jadrian Wooten

Henry Ford’s decision to pay a daily wage of $5 was revolutionary at the time, but few students know the reason behind it. A lot of history courses focuses on Ford’s desire for his workers to be able to purchase the car they were building, but his decision was based on economics. For had an excessive amount of turnover because the wages were not high enough for workers to deal with the unsafe conditions (learn more).

This Kahoot covers an analysis of the Ford decision by having students read the original New York Times announcement, listen to an NPR podcast on the importance of this decision on today’s middle class, and finally read a Forbes article outlining the decision in economics terms. The quiz tends to focus on the relevant dates and values from the article. Most of the analysis of turnover and pay is covered in early chapters of a labor economics textbook.

Course Used: Labor Economics
Quiz Nature: Reading
Question Length: 8 Questions
Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes

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Labor, Micro, Reading quiz

Discrimination for Superstars

Jadrian Wooten

This Kahoot looks at discrimination for actors/actresses and primarily focuses on a 2015 FiveThirtyEight article entitled “The Workplace is Even More Sexist In Movies Than in Reality.” The article covers occupational differences for men and women in movies using the Opusdata database, which tracks film releases, box officer performance, and screen credits. The quiz also covers two opposing blog posts, one by Jennifer Lawrence and a follow-up response by Chris Rock. Jennifer Lawrence initially argued that it was her own fault for being paid less and that she needed to do a better job negotiations. Chris Rock argued that Lawrence was still doing sufficiently better than African American women and other racial minorities.

Course Used: Labor Economics
Quiz Nature: Reading
Question Length: 7 Questions
Estimated Time to Play: 10 minutes

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