syllabus grad education economics(教育经济学大纲).docx

6551 Economics of EducationOffice Hours:Mondays: 10:00-12:00Tuesdays: 10:00-12:00Other hours by appointment. Course GoalsWrite paperImprove technical reading skillsSolidify fundamental econometric conceptsGain familiarity with economics of education literaturePrerequisites:Graduate core of econometrics, microeconometrics and microeconomics or equivalentsCourse OverviewEach weekAssignments:Read 2 working paper and write 1referee report and 1 brief evaluation. (6hrs)Spend 30minutes thinking of an idea (away from internet). (30 minutes)Write down as many ideas as you can think of.4-5 sentence maximum per idea. Can be just 1 sentence. Indicate on a scale of 1-5 how promising you think each idea is. If you have no ideas one week, that is ok. Even if you come up with no ideas one week, please turn in a piece of paper indicating that you tried.Read 1 seminal paper(3hrs)Work on paperIn class:Discuss working papersI lecture on topic and published paperRandom quizzes on published papers (non-graded)Discuss IdeasFinal paper:You should mimic the structure of a typical NBER working paper. The paper must be empirical, but does not necessarily have to be on education. Without tables/figures the paper should be between 10-30 pages double-spaced. This is a loose guideline and not a requirement. That said, it is only OK to have a short paper if it is dense with results. If you have never written an academic article before, remember that this is not a term paper or book report. You have to sell your paper and the audience should be academics. Try to mimic the conceptual structure, writing style and format of NBER working papers.For students who struggle with English, you are expected to go to the writing center or access another source so that your writing is professional. Nobody should be turning in a 1st draft, but this is particularly true for non-native English speakers. Paper structureAssuming your paper is of the form, “How does X impact Y”, I recommend using the fol