Resources

Economics Programs

• Applying to Economics PhD Programs

• Deciding which PhD Program to Attend

• Getting a Great Job Guide

• Advice for Grad Students (Mankiw)

• Completing an Economics PhD in Five Years (Stock et al)

• Attrition in Economics Programs (Stock et al)

• Time-to-Degree for Economics PhD (Stock and Siegfried)

• AEA Job Market Interviews (Laibson)

• Job Market Advice (Harvard Economics)

• What's a Good Job Market Paper?

• Job Market Interview

• Dressing for Interviews

Writing Economics Papers

• Feet-wetter in Writing Empirical Papers (Wooldridge)

• How to Write an Economics Paper (Cochrane)

• Economics PhD Job Market (Cawley)

• Job Market Paper Rubric (Levitt)

• Building a Model (Varian)

• How to Pick a Topic (Davis)

• LaTex

• LaTex shortcut

• Guide to the Publication Process in Economics (Also available for download at page bottom)

Living in Academia

• Teach Well by Requiring Thought (Moore)

• Thinking of Ideas (Hamming)

• Teaching for Research (Feynman)

Generally Good

• How to Be Creative (Lehrer)

• Creativity (Cleese)

• Writing Well (Trimble)

• Relax a Little

• Blogging Well

• Body Language

• How to Manage Time (Pausch)

• Academic Success Tips (Newport)

• How to Win Friends and Influence (Carnegie)

• Negotiate Well (Harvard Negotiation Project)

• Learn Economics (Gruber & DeLong)

• When Will I Ever Use This? (Corey)

• My Thoughts on Theology

• Live Well

Empirical Methods and Guides

• Stata and other Statistical Programming

• Field Experiment

• Lab Experiment

• Power Calculations

• Natural Experiment

• Structural Estimation

• Regression Discontinuity Design

• Regression Kink Design

• Instrumental Variable

• Selection Models

• Difference-in-Difference

• Synthetic Control Method

• Conjoint Surveys

• Surveys

• Linear-Non-linear Design

• Fuzzy Matching

• Event Study

• Panel Data

• Calibrating a Model

• Structural Estimation

Critiques

• Design-based versus Model-Based Research