Economics of the Family

The following is the list of papers (subject to change). 1.Bailey, Martha J., Shuqiao Sun, and Brenden Timpe. "Prep School for poor kids: The long-run impacts of Head Start on Human capital and economic self-sufficiency." American Economic Review 111.12 (2021): 3963-4001. 2.Alan, Sule, et al. "Building social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools: An intervention on perspective taking." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 136.4 (2021): 2147-2194. 3.Kosse, Fabian, et al. "The formation of prosociality: causal evidence on the role of social environment." Journal of Political Economy 128.2 (2020): 434-467. 4.Bailey, Martha J., et al. Is the social safety net a long-term investment? Large-scale evidence from the food stamps program. No. w26942. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2020. 5.Finkelstein, Amy, and Matthew J. Notowidigdo. "Take-up and targeting: Experimental evidence from SNAP." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 134.3 (2019): 1505-1556. 6.Cesarini, David, et al. "Wealth, health, and child development: Evidence from administrative data on Swedish lottery players." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 131.2 (2016): 687-738. 7.Le Barbanchon, Thomas, Roland Rathelot, and Alexandra Roulet. "Gender differences in job search: Trading off commute against wage." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 136.1 (2021): 381-426. 8.Cook, Cody, et al. "The gender earnings gap in the gig economy: Evidence from over a million rideshare drivers." The Review of Economic Studies 88.5 (2021): 2210-2238. 9.Cortés, Patricia, et al. Gender differences in job search and the earnings gap: Evidence from business majors. No. w28820. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2021. 10.Biasi, Barbara, and Heather Sarsons. "Flexible wages, bargaining, and the gender gap." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 137.1 (2022): 215-266. 11.Dhar, Diva, Tarun Jain, and Seema Jayachandran. Reshaping adolescents' gender attitudes: Evidence from a school-based experiment in India. No. w25331. National Bureau of Economic Research, 2018. 12.Dahl, Gordon B., Andreas Kotsadam, and Dan-Olof Rooth. "Does integration change gender attitudes? The effect of randomly assigning women to traditionally male teams." The Quarterly Journal of Economics 136.2 (2021): 987-1030.

Students read the paper in advance and submit a one-page referee report. A participant presents the paper for 30 mins to cover most important issues in the paper. We discuss the paper for the remaining 75 mins. Check out the following documents. Tips for reading: https://drive.google.com/***** Tips for discussion: https://drive.google.com/***** Details will be given on the 1st day.

Evaluation will be based on referee reports, presentations, and participation in discussion. All students are required to: 1. Read the papers assinged for the week (even when not presenting). 2. Submit a one-page referee report for each paper (except for the paper you present) 3. Present a paper for a few times. 4. Actively participate in discussion. Regarding the point 2, also note the following. (a) Submit the report by 10:30AM on the class day by email. (b) Late submission will be penalized. (c) No attendance is allowed without submitting the report.

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Students must have taken Labor Economics I (Prof. Kawaguchi/Kondo) or Empirical Microeconomics (Prof. Griffen) or had equivalent knowledge. No auditing is allowed unless the professor gives a written consent. This course is offered every other year. This course will be offered in S1-2 terms in 2024.