Mentoring Reading Materials

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Reading materials for economists by CSWEP

More than a few bad apples

[Research Highlight]

July 06, 2021

Steven Mello discusses discrimination within the Florida Highway Patrol and what it reveals about racial bias in the US.

Other Journals with Economic Education Content

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Business and Management Education Journals with Economic Education Content

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Specialized Field Journals

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General Interest Economics Journals with Economic Education Content

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Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity in Economics Instruction

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Get best practices on working with students, being a colleague, leading a department and conducting research. An AEA major initiative.

Economics Students at Community Colleges

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Help students understand what economics is and what they can do with an economics major.

Economics Faculty at Community Colleges

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Sign up for a newsletter, get a checklist for new adjunct faculty, find out about the AEA Committee on Economic Education

Family ties

[Research Highlight]

July 06, 2021

The relationship between kinship networks and war.

Understanding the child penalty

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Can biology explain gender-based differences in earnings after the birth of a child?

The fallout of bankruptcy reform

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What are the economic consequences of making it more difficult for individuals to file for bankruptcy protection?

Long-Term Contextual Effects in Education: Schools and Neighborhoods

By Jean-William Laliberté

American Economic Journal: Economic Policy, May 2021

This paper estimates the long-term impact of growing up in better neighborhoods and attending better schools on educational attainment. First, I use a spatial regression-discontinuity design to estimate school effects. Second, I study students who move ac...

School vs neighborhood effects

[Research Highlight]

July 15, 2021

Why quality schools matter

Community College Economics Faculty Resources

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A page of resources specifically for economics faculty at community colleges.

To catch a polluter

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Do emissions rise when regulatory agencies aren’t looking?

How policy shapes culture

[Research Highlight]

July 14, 2021

Natalie Bau discusses the impact that pension reform had on traditional family arrangements in Indonesia and Ghana.

Can Policy Change Culture? Government Pension Plans and Traditional Kinship Practices

By Natalie Bau

American Economic Review, June 2021

Policies may change the incentives that allow cultural practices to persist. To test this, I study matrilocality and patrilocality, kinship traditions that determine daughters' and sons' post-marriage residences, and thus, which gender lives with and supp...

CSWEP: Related Literature

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CSWEP: Margaret deVries Memorial Fund

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