ECON 43550: Economics of the Family
Professor Kasey Buckles
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Class Topics,
Handouts and Slides, and Links to Papers
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Handouts and Slides |
Required Readings |
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Introduction |
Aug. 23 |
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Models of Marriage |
Aug. 25 & 30 |
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Marriage and Divorce |
Sept. 1, 6, 8, 13 |
McKinnish Slides, Ribar Slides, Korenman and Neumark, Dahl Slides |
McKinnish 2007, Ribar 2004, Finlay and Neumark 2010, Korenman and Neumark 1991, Gray 1997, Dahl 2010 |
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Models of Fertility |
Sept. 15 & 20 |
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Empirical Studies of Fertility |
Sept. 22 & 27 |
Angrist, Lavy, and Schlosser 2010, Lindo 2010, Buckles and Hungerman, Chandra and Dickert-Conlin 1999 |
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Family Structure |
Sept. 29, Oct. 4, 6, & 11 |
Black, Devereux, and Salvanes 2005, Kaestner 1998, Buckles and Munnich 2011, Price 2008, Dahl and Moretti 2008, Sacerdote 2007 |
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Midterm |
Oct. 13 |
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Family and Women's Work |
Oct. 25, 27, Nov. 1, 3 |
Goldin 2004, Belkin 2003 (NYT), Boushey 2005, Cohany and Sok 2007, Angrist and Evans 1998, Waldfogel 1998, Miller 2010 | |
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Public Policy and Working Mothers |
Nov. 8, 10 |
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Public Policy and the Family |
Nov. 15, 17 |
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Families and Technology |
Nov. 22, 29 |
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In-Class Presentations of Research |
Dec. 1, 6, 8 |
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