Micro Data for Macro Models

Ph.D. Course: ECON 38001/BUSF 33942-01

Fall/Winter 2011 Web Page

(co-taught with Steve Davis - see his web page for details of the second part of the course)

Syllabus (Erik Portion)

TA Sessions (Fall Quarter)

Reading List (Steve Portion)

Course Overview (Erik's Portion)

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Some Hard to Find Readings

Attanasio (199)

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Homework 1 (Due to Sebastian on 10/12): The Time Use of the Unemployed

Description

Link to ATUS Data

Code to Generate Time Use Categories as Used in Aguiar, Hurst and Karabarbounis (2011)

read me file to use the data

format_09 (the code that creates the categories for the 2009 data)

format_10 (the code that creates the categories for the 2010 data)

Data files needed to run format_09: atusact_2009.dta, atuscps_2009.dta, atusresp_2009.dta, atusrost_2009.dta, atuswho_2009.dta

Data files needed to run format_10: atusact_2010.dta, atuscps_2010.dta, atusresp_2010.dta, atusrost_2010.dta, atuswho_2010.dta

09_subset.dta file (which is produced from running format_09)

10_subset.dta file (which is produced from running format_10)

*Note - you need to put all the files in the same directories (and change the directories to correspond) to run the files.

* Note - you may have to modify these files for this homework. These were the files we used to make our "Time Use During Recession" files. As a result, you may need to merge in occupation on last job or unemployment duration using additional data (likely from the atuscps file). You will have to read the codebooks to make these modifications to the files on your own.

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Homework 2 (Due to Sebastian on 11/2): Occupational Allocation and Wages for Low Educated Men

Description

Link to IPUMS CPS Data

Code to Generate Occupation Codes using the IPUMS CPS Data

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Paper Replication/Extension (Due to Sebastian on 11/9)

Description

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Referee Reports (Due to Sebastian on 10/26)

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