Useful Articles for Economists and Students

Below is a list of articles that relate to the field of economics, research, graduate study, the job market, teaching, and minorities in economics.

"Gender and the Study of Economics: The Role of Gender of the Instructor." Journal of Economic Education. v30, n1 (Winter 1999): 3-19.

"The Impact of Integrating Scholarship on Women into Introductory Economics: Evidence from One Institution." Journal of Economic Education v27, n1 (Winter 1996): 26-36.

"Women and Minorities in Economics Textbooks: Are They Being Adequately Represented?" Journal of Economic Education. v32, n2 (Spring 2001): 186-91. www.indiana.edu/~econed/pdffiles/spring01/robson.pdf

Agesa, Jacqueline, et. al. "Economics Faculty Research at Teaching Institutions: Are Historically Black Colleges Different?" Southern Economic Journal. v67, n2 (October 2000): 427-47.

Agesa, Jacqueline, et. al. "Economics Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Rankings and Effects on the Supply of Black Economists." Review of Black Political Economy v25, n4 (Spring 1998): 41-53.

Agesa, Jacqueline. "Economics faculty research at teaching institutions: Are historically black colleges different?" Southern Economic Journal. Oct 2000.

Anderson, Kathryn H. and John J. Siegfried. "Gender Differences in Rating the Teaching of Economics," Eastern Economic Journal v23, n3 (Summer 1997): 347-57.

Bartlett, Robin L. "Discovering Diversity in Introductory Economics." Journal of Economic Perspectives. v10, n2 (Spring 1996): 141-53.

Bauer, Richard J., Jr. and Julie R. Dahlquist. "Recognizing and Eliminating Gender Bias in Finance Education." Financial Practice and Education. v9, n1 (Spring-Summer 1999): 83-91.

Benedict, Mary Ellen. "Who's afraid of their economics classes? Why are students apprehensive about introductory economics courses? An empirical investigation." American Economist. Fall 2002.

Birks, Stuart. "The Impact of Integrating Scholarship on Women into Introductory Economics: Comment." Journal of Economic Education. v29, n1 (Winter 1998): 11.

Blackaby, D.H., et. al., "Ethnic and other minority representation in UK academic economics." The Economic Journal v. 110 (June 2000) p. F293-311.

Bowen, William G. and Neil L. Rudenstine. In Pursuit of the Ph.D. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.

Brasfield, David et al. "Why Have Some Schools Not Experienced a Decrease in the Percentage of Students Majoring in Economics?" Journal of Economic Education. v27, n4 (Fall 1996): 362-70.

Catanese, Anthony V. "Faculty Role Models and Diversifying the Gender and Racial Mix of Undergraduate Economics Majors." Journal of Economic Education. v22, n3 (Summer 1991): 276-84.

Cherry, Robert, and Susan Feiner. "The Treatment of Racial and Sexual Discrimination in Economics Journals and Economics Textbooks: 1972 to 1987." Review of Black Political Economy. v21, n2 (Fall 1992): 99-118.

Cobb, Kathy. "Where are the women Ph.D.s in economics?" The Region. June 1999.

Collins, Jeffery T. et. al. "The Publishing Patterns of Recent Economics Ph.D. Recipients." Economic Inquiry. v38, n2 (April 2000): 358-67.

Collins, Susan. M. "Minority Groups in the Economics Profession." The Journal of Economic Perspectives. v14, n2 (Spring 2000): 133-148.

Conrad, Cecilia A. "Report of the Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession." The American Economic Review v. 91 no. 2 (May 2001) p. 497-501.

Cawley, John.   "A Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market" Cornell University and NBER, September 2002. http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/articles/2002/2002-09-cawley.pdf

  Dearden, James, et. al. "A Benchmark Profile of Economics Departments in 15 Private Universities." Journal of Economic Education. v32, n4 (Fall 2001): 387-96.

Deck, Katherine, A., Jeffery T. Collins, and William P. Curington. "Survey of the Labor Market for New Ph.D. Hires in Economics 2003-2004." http://www.uark.edu/depts/cberinfo/aea/aea03-04.pdf

Duncan, Kevin. "Job search strategies and outcomes for academic ecomomists: A middle-market view." Eastern Economic Journal. Summer 2000.

Dynan, Karen E. and Cecilia Elena Rouse. "The Underrepresentation of Women in Economics: A Study of Undergraduate Economics Students," Journal of Economic Education v28, n4 (Fall 1997): 350-68.

Ellison, Glenn. "The slowdown of the economics publishing process." The Journal of Political Economy, October 2002.

Ehrenberg, Ronald G. "The Changing Distributions of New Ph.D. Economists and Their Employment: Implications for the Future." The Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 135-138.

Feiner, Susan F. "Introductory Economics Textbooks and the Treatment of Issues Relating to Women and Minorities, 1984 and 1991." Journal of Economic Education v24, n2 (Spring 1993): 145-62.

Fox, Kevin J. "What determines research output of academic economists?" Economic Record. Sept 1999.

Freeman, Richard B. "It's Better Being an Economist (But Don't Tell Anyone)." The Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 139-145.

Hamermesh, Daniel S. "Professional Etiquette for the Mature Economist," in Economists Professional Activities, AEA Papers and Proceedings, v83, n2 (May 1993): 34-38.

Hansen, W. Lee. "The Link from Graduate Education in Economics to the Labor Market." Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 147-51.

Krueger, Anne O. "Implications of the Labor Market for Graduation Education in Economics." The Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 153-156.

Laband, David N. "Perceived conduct and professional ethics among college economics faculty." American Economist. Spring 2000.

Lage, Maureen J., and Michael Treglia. "The Impact of Integrating Scholarship on Women into Introductory Economics: Reply." Journal of Economic Education v29, n1 (Winter 1998): 11-13.

Lazear, Edward P. "Discussion: The Economics of Professional Etiquette," in in Economists Professional Activities, AEA Papers and Proceedings, v83, n2 (May 1993): 44.

List, John A. "Academic ecomomists behaving badly? A survey on three areas of unethical behavior." Economic Inquiry. January 2001.

McDowell, John. M. "Gender and promotion in the economics profession." Industrial & Labor Relations Review. January 2001.

Mein, D. G. "Research Productivity and Career Status" Applied Economics Letters. v9, n12 (October 2002): 809-15.

Neumark, D., et. al., "Women helping women? Role model and mentoring effects on female Ph.D. students in economics." The Journal of Human Resources v. 33 no. 1 (Winter 1998) p. 220-46.

Orr, Daniel. "Reflections on the Hiring of Faculty," in Economists Professional Activities, AEA Papers and Proceedings, v83, n2 (May 1993): 39-43.

Rao, Milind. "Foreign Students and Graduate Economic Education in the United States." Journal of Economic Education. v26, n3 (Summer 1995): 274-81.

Robb, Roberta Edgecombe, and A. Leslia Robb. "Gender and the Study of Economics: The Role of Gender of the Instructor." Journal of Economic Education. v30, n1 (Winter 1999): 3-19.

Rupp, Nicholas G. "The publication patterns of the elite economics departments: 1995-2000." Eastern Economic Journal. Fall 2002.

Sharp, Ansel, et. al. "Careers in Economics: What do economics majors do after graduation," excerpt from Economics of Social Issues. McGraw Hill, 2001. www.mhhe.com/economics/sharp/student/careers.mhtml

Siegfried, John J. "Trends in Undergraduate Economics Degrees, 1991 to 2001." Journal of Economic Education. v33, n3 (Summer 2002): 291-94.

Siegfried, John J. "Principles for a Successful Undergraduate Economics Honors Program." Journal of Economic Education. v32, n2 (Spring 2001): 169-77.

Siegfried, John J. "Undergraduate Economics Degree Trends through the 1990s." Journal of Economic Education. v31, n3 (Summer 2000): 296-300.

Siegfried, John. J and Wendy A. Stock. "The Labor Market for New Ph.D. Economists." The Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 115-134.

Siegfried, John J. and Wendy A. Stock. "So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics? How Long Do You Think It Will Take?" Journal of Human Resources. v36, n2 (Spring 2001): 364-78.

Siegfried, John J., and Wendy A. Stock. "The Labor Market for New Ph.D. Economists." Journal of Economic Perspectives. v13, n3 (Summer 1999): 115-34.

Stock, Wendy A. and John J. Siegfried. "So You Want to Earn a Ph.D. in Economics: How Much Do You Think You'll Make?" Economic Inquiry. v39, n2 (April 2001): 320-35.

Stock, Wendy A. and Richard M. Alston. "Effect of Graduate-Program Rank on Success in the Job Market." Journal of Economic Education. v31, n4 (Fall 2000): 389-401.

Stock, Wendy A. et. al. "The Academic Labor Market for Economists: 1995-96." Atlantic Economic Journal. v28, n2 (June 2000): 164-85.

Todd, Patricia. "Gender and promotion in academia." Equal Opportunities International 2000.

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