ECON 460

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Instructor:
Pamela Jakiela

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Assignment Due Dates

Date Assignment
9/11 Reading: The Woman that Never Evolved
9/18 Reading: Who We Are and How We Got Here
9/23 Data Analysis Assignment 1
9/25 Readings: The Plow and the Cow Week
9/30 Project: Group Composition and Topic Statement
10/2 Reading: Understanding Early Civilizations
10/9 Data Analysis Assignment 2
10/12 Mini-Presentations
10/16 Reading: “Girl power: The European marriage pattern and labor markets in the North Sea region in the late medieval and early modern period”
  Reading: “Witchcraft, Weather, and Economic Growth in Renaissance Europe”
10/22 Reading: “More than 100 Million Women Are Missing”
  Reading: “Why Are Indian Children So Short? The Role of Birth Order and Son Preference”
  Reading: “Missing Women and the Price of Tea in China: The Effect of Sex-Specific Earnings on Sex Imbalance”
10/23 Data Analysis Assignment 3
10/28 Reading: “Gender Gaps in Education: The Long View”
  Reading: “Do Labor market Opportunities Affect Young Women’s Work and Family Decisions? Experimental Evidence from India”
11/4 Reading: “The Power of the Pill: Oral Contraceptives and Women’s Career and Marriage Decisions”
11/6 Project: Annotated Bibliography
11/11 Reading: “Do Women Shy Away from Competition? Do Men Compete Too Much?”
  Reading: “Evidence on Self-Stereotyping and the Contribution of Ideas”
  Reading: “Reshaping Adolescents’ Gender Attitudes: Evidence from a School-Based Experiment in India”
11/13 Project: Research Proposal
11/18 Reading: “Gendered Language on the Economics Job Market Rumors Forum”
  Reading: “Gender Bias in Rumors Among Professionals: An Identity-Based Interpretation”
11/29 Project: Group Presentation (slides due)
11/30 Project: Group Presentations (in class)
12/5 Project: Group Presentations (in class)
12/7 Project: Group Presentations (in class)
12/16 Project: Research Papers due