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margin-left:0in;text-align:center'><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>EEP/IAS 118<br> Fall 2012<o:p></o:p></span></h2> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professor Elisabeth Sadoulet (esadoulet@berkeley.edu)<br> GSI: Daley Kutzman (d_kutz@berkeley.edu)<br> <br> <span class=s1>Lectures</span>: Tuesday &amp; Thursday 9:30-11 am, 213 Wheeler Hall<br> <span class=s1>Sections</span>: Wednesday 8-9 am (242 <span class=SpellE>Dwinelle</span> Hall)<br> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">    </span>3-4 pm (101 Wheeler Hall) <br> <br> <span class=s1>Office Hours</span><br> Professor Sadoulet: Wednesday 10am-12pm (213 <span class=SpellE>Giannini</span> Hall)<br> GSI Daley Kutzman: Tuesday 2:30-3:30pm (204 <span class=SpellE>Giannini</span> Hall) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes">                                  </span></span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Monday 2-3pm (234 Giannini Hall, only on weeks when problem sets are due) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p5><span class=s2><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="Syllabus2012.pdf">Syllabus</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p5><span class=s2><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="handouts">Class Handouts</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=p6><span class=s2><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://areweb.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP118/current/dailyassignments">Daily Assignments</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=p6><span class=s1><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://areweb.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP118/current/problemsets">Problem Sets</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p6><span class=s1><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://areweb.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP118/current/section">Section Materials</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class=p6><span class=s1><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><a href="http://areweb.berkeley.edu/courses/EEP118/current/exams">Exams</a></span></span></p> <p class=p4><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span class=s1><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>ANNOUNCEMENTS</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October 14:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Think of a small research project that you would like to perform. This<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>can be something like the analysis of the gender gap in wage that we did<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>in class, or estimating the impact of a policy (like the many examples<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>described in Chapter 13, <span class=SpellE>etc</span>). Look at Chapter 19, there are lots of<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>ideas too. There are also lots of ideas on effects of policies in the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>news (<span class=SpellE>NYTimes</span>, the Economist), and, as you saw from the assignments,<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>lots more ideas in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics or<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>Economic Policy on the web at <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><a href="http://www.aeaweb.org/aea_journals.php"><span style='color:windowtext; text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>http://www.aeaweb.org/aea_journals.php</span></a>)<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3 style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Write a (maximum 1 page) description including the following: Why is the<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>relationship/research interesting? What equation(s) would you estimate?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>What data would you need to estimate the relationship? Where could you<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>find such data? What would you expect to find? Will there be a problem<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>in the estimation of omitted variable bias? How would you deal with such<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>a problem?<span style="mso-spacerun:yes">  </span>What test would you do to support the validity of your analysis? <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3 style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Due Tuesday Oct 20<sup>th</sup>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October 19:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>Here are the 2012 <a href="2012midterm_sol.pdf">midterm solutions</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>October 8:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>The midterm will be on October 16<sup>th</sup> in class. A list of review topics and past midterms have been posted on the Exams page for you to study. Professor Sadoulet will hold a review session on Friday October 12<sup>th</sup>, time and place TBD.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>September 4:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>         </span>The first quiz will be this Thursday (9/6) in class at 9:40am. Future quizzes will not be announced in advance!<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>August 28:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:.5in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black;background:#FFF7DC'>Two Introduction to <span class=SpellE>Stata</span> sessions have been scheduled. It would be good to attend one to familiarize yourself with <span class=SpellE>Stata</span>. They will be on Tuesday 9/4 and Wednesday 9/5. Both will be from 5-6 pm in 234 <span class=SpellE>Giannini</span>.</span><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=p3><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>August 21:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=p22><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande"'><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></span></span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Lucida Grande"'>&nbsp; </span></span><span class=s1><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Text</span></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'><br> We will use Introductory Econometrics: A Modern Approach, by Jeffrey M. Wooldridge.&nbsp; The most recent edition is the 4</span><span class=s13><sup><span style='font-size:2.5pt;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>th</span></sup></span><span style='mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>, but earlier editions are acceptable substitutes.&nbsp; There will be several copies on reserve at Moffitt Library.&nbsp; Reserve call numbers will be posted here when they are available.<br> <br> <span class=s1>Software</span><br> Problem sets will require you to use a data analysis and statistical software program called <span class=SpellE>Stata</span>.&nbsp;We will begin using <span class=SpellE>Stata</span> in a tutorial during the second week of class.<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>&nbsp; </span></span>If you want to purchase your own copy of the software for your laptop or home computer, a single-user six-month license for Small <span class=SpellE>Stata</span><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>&nbsp; </span></span>(sufficient for this course) is available through Berkeley s <span class=SpellE>GradPlan</span> for $32. (An annual license is $49.)&nbsp; Note that a license allows you to install the software on up to three of your own computers.<span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'>&nbsp; </span></span>See <a href="http://www.stata.com/order/schoollist.html">http://www.stata.com/order/schoollist.html</a> to purchase (Select University of California, Berkeley, then look for the product you want). Software is delivered to campus for pick-up after your online purchase.<b> There are often delays in delivering copies of <span class=SpellE>Stata</span> at the beginning of the semester, so if you are sure that you will take this class you should order a copy ASAP to ensure you receive it on time.</b><o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html>