ECON 43550: Economics of the Family
Professor Kasey Buckles
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Welcome to the website for Economics of the Family at
You can find important class materials here, as well as links to useful and interesting web sites.
Link to Sakai for handing in assignments, and for most course material after 3/20/20.
Class Topics,
Handouts and Slides, and Links to Papers
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Handouts and Slides - see Sakai Resources Folder |
Required Readings - see Sakai for links post 3/20/20 |
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Introduction |
Jan. 15 |
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Models of Marriage |
Jan. 22 & 27 |
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Marriage and Divorce |
Jan. 29, Feb. 3, Feb. 5 |
Ribar 2004, McKinnish 2007, Rosenfeld et al. (2019), Folke & Rickne (2020), |
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Marriage and Inequality |
Feb. 10 |
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Models of Fertility |
Feb. 12 |
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Empirical Studies of Fertility |
Feb. 17, 19, & 24 |
Kearney and Levine 2014, Berman, Iannoccone, and Ragusa 2012, | |
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Family Structure |
Feb. 26, Mar. 23 |
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Research Project Work |
Mar. 2, Mar. 4 |
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Intergenerational Transmission, Nature vs. Nurture |
Mar. 25 |
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Family and Women's Work |
Mar. 30, Apr. 1 |
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Midterm |
April 6 |
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Computer Lab, Produce/Discuss Tables |
Apr. 8, 15 |
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Public Policy and the Family |
Apr. 20 & 22 |
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CST and the Family |
Apr. 26 |
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More Public Policy: Unintended Consequences |
Apr. 27 |
Handouts & Assignments - see Sakai Resources Folder
Stata Info/Help
Important
Things to Know about Stata - A mini-manual for getting started with Stata. This should be a great resource for you.
Stata - This is a link to Stata's webpage. Stata/IC 16 (recommended) can be bought at a highly discounted rate through GradPlan. The cost is $48 for six months, $94 for a year, or $225 for a perpetual license. To access GradPlan, go to this page.
Stata is installed in all classrooms and clusters on campus. Here is a link to OIT services. But note that they will not be able to help you with programming in Stata!
Class Project
Don't forget
the project is due at the beginning of class on Wednesday, April 29--NO EXCEPTIONS!
You will also be required to present your work in class on April 29. Details on the presentation will come later in the semester.
Guidelines for literature review and proposal assignments.
Sample Paper from previous semester.
Assorted Links Homepage for the Department of Economics at Notre Dame. Link to Institute for Scholarship in the Liberal Arts, Undergraduate Resources Information on the Bernoulli Prize (up to $5000!)