ELECTRONIC LINKS TO READING LIST ECOE 30331: Econometrics (Undergraduate)

Links to Electronic Copies of Readings

ECON 30331/Evans

Fall 2010

• Bertrand, Marianne and Sendhil Mullainathan, “Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination,” American Economic Review, 94(4), 2004, 991-1013. Download

• Katz, Lawrence, Kling, Jeffrey, and Liebman, Jeffrey, “Moving to Opportunity in Boston: Early Results of a Randomized Mobility Experiment,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 116(2), May 2001, 607-654. Download

• Duggan, M., and Steven Levitt, “Winning Isn’t Everything: Corruption in Sumo Wrestling,” American Economic Review, 92(5), 2002, 1594-1605. Download

• Sacerdote, Bruce, “How Large Are the Effects from Changes in Family Environment? A Study of Korean American Adoptees,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 121(1), 2007, 119-157. Download

• Burton Malkiel, “The Efficient Market Hypothesis and its Critiics.” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 17(1), 2003, 59-82. [Download]

• David Wilcox, “Social Security Benefits, Consumption Expenditures, and the Life Cycle Hypothesis,” Journal of Political Economy, 97, April 1989, 288-304. Download

• Richard Thaler, “Anomalies: Weekend, Holiday, Turn of the Month, and Intraday Effects,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 1, Fall 1987, 169-78. Download

• Meyer, B., W.K. Viscusi, and D. Durbin (1995), "Worker’ Compensation and Injury Duration: Evidence from a Natural Experiment," American Economic Review, Vol. 85, 322-40. Download

• Linden, Leigh L. and Jonah Rockoff. “Estimates of the Impact of Crime Risk on Property Values from Megan’s Laws." American Economic Review 98, 3 (2008): 1103-27. Download

· Card, D., and A.B. Krueger, "Minimum Wages and Employment: A Case Study of the Fast Food Industry in New Jersey and Pennsylvania," American Economic Review, September 1994, 722-794. Download

· Ayres, Ian and Steven Levitt, “Measuring Positive Externalities from Unobserved Victim Precaution: An Empirical Analysis of Lojak,” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 115(3), 2000, 755-789. Download

• Angrist, J.D., "Lifetime Earnings and the Vietnam Era Draft Lottery: Evidence from Social Security Administrative Records," American Economic Review, 80, 1990, 313-336. Download

• Hotz, Joseph, Susan Williams McElroy and Seth Sanders, “Teenage Childbearing and Its Lifecycle Consequences: Exploiting a Natural Experiment.” Journal of Human Resources, 2005, 40(3): 683-715. Download

• Angrist, J.D., and W.N. Evans, “Children and Their Parents’ Labor Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size,” American Economic Review, 88(3), 1998, 450-477. Download

• Matsudaria, Jordan, “Mandatory Summer School and Student Achievement: A Regression Discontinuity Approach.” Journal of Econometrics, 2008, 142(2): 829-850. Download

• Angrist, J.D., V. Lavy, "Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Scholastic Achievement, "Quarterly Journal of Economics, 114(2), 1999, 533-575. Download

• Elder, Todd and Darren Lubotsky, “Kindergarten Entrance Age and Children’s Achievement: Impacts of State Policies, Family Background, and Peers,” Journal of Human Resources, 2009, 44(3): 641-683. Download

• Card, David, Carlos Dobkin and Nicole Maestas, “Does Medicare Save Lives?” Quarterly Journal of Economics, 2009, 124(2), 597-636. Download