Economics 590
Tutorial in Research Project Design
Spring 2008
Department of
Economics
University of
Wisconsin-Madison
Lecture: M-W 2.30 - 3.45 pm
CALENDAR (updated March 26)
Professor Maria Muniagurria
Email: munia@ssc.wisc.edu
7424 Social Science
Phone: 263-3865
Office Hours: Tu 2.30- 3.45 pm
Th 11 am - 12 noon
Here is the course Syllabus
Questionaire
Class Schedule
(updated Feb 6 2008))
Possible
Research Topics
List of Papers for
Presentation/Critique
Prof. West's Guidelines for Journal Article / Thesis
Critique and presentation (Thesis
, Journal Article)
Handout on Goldin
andKatz
Example of Research : Economic
Growth
Robert Solow Papers:
"Technical
Change and the Aggregate Production Function," The Review of Economics
and Statistics, Vol. 39, No. 3. (Aug., 1957), pp. 312-320. JSTOR
Link
Acemoglu, D. Johnson, Robinson,
"The
Colonial Origins of Comparative development: an Empirical
Investigation"
, AAE Dec 2001.
JSTOR link
David Albouy (2006) : The Colonial Origins of Comparative Development: an
investigation of the Settler Mortality Data
Link to some of the Papers
Presented in Spring 2007
G. Palloni : Poverty and
Violent Crime
Avellaneda-Suarez
Kim
Banerjee et al 1
(Health...) could be complemented by Banerjee et al 2 (Wealth..)
DiTella and Schardgroski
Cornwell and Trunbull
Salvatore
Lewis
Guest Presentations:
Cindy Severt: DISC (Data and
Information Service Center)
Joanne
Juhnke DISC
Mary MCEniry :
Health and the Elderly
Chris Murphy: Evaluating
Cigarette Demand Models
Xiao Yu Wang: The
impact of international science and engineering graduate students on US
innovation
Links related to STATA:
UCLA Resources on Stata
Econlit
Data links:
ICPSR
Census
Poverty
and Inequality Data Links (from World Bank)
Health, Nutrition
Platform (World Bank)
Living Standards Measurement
Survey
The Center for International
Data at UC Davis
Medical
Expenditure Panel Survey
SABE
SABE
at ICPSR Michigan
Hispanic
EPESE at ICPSR Michigan
Health
Quantitative Techniques for Health Equity Analysis:
Technical Notes (World Bank, 2007)
Key Indicators
Surveys (World Bank)
Reaching
the Poor with Health, Nutrition and Populatin Services (World
Bank, 2005)
Ordered Logit
Model
Other Material:
Interesting source for policy/topics idea :Private Sector
Development Blog (PSD Blog) (gathers together news,
resources and ideas about the role of private enterprise in fighting
poverty, World Bank bloggers) Blog
Resources fo Economists on the Internet (AEA)
Economic
Student Association