RESOURCES FOR ECONOMISTS
1. Job Market Advice
John Cawley, "Guide (and Advice) for Economists on the U.S. Junior Academic Job Market", JOE, 200
Stock, Wendy A., T. Aldrich Finegan, and John J. Siegfried, “Completing an Economics PhD in 5 Years”, American Economic Review: Papers & Proceedings 2009, 99:2, pp. 624–629
David Laibson, Job Market Advice
David I. Levine, “Cheap Advice for Going on the Job Market”, 2006
Bob Hall’s job market advice for Stanford students from 2001-02
UCSD’s job market guide for 2003-04. Hosted by Valerie Ramey.
Economixs Job Market Advice Compiled by Chicago students on the job market in 2005-2006
Peter Iliev, “My Job Market Advice”, 2008
Mike Conlin and Stacy Dickert, Job Market Packet, 2004
Navin Kartik, “Tips for Success at the AEA Meeting Job Market Interviews”, 2004
University of Connecticut Econ PhD Job Market Tips
2. Starting Your Career
John H. Cochrane, “Writing Tips for Ph.D. Students”, 2005
Steve Pishke, “How to Get Started on Research in Economics?”, 2009
Don Davis, “Ph.D. Thesis Research: Where Do I Start?”
John Creedy, “A Ph.D. Thesis without Tears”, University of Melbourne, Research
Working Paper #987, 2007
John Creedy, “Starting Research”, Australian Economic Review, 2001, 34(1), pp. 116-24
Avinash Dixit, “My System of Work (Not!), in Passion and Craft: How Economists
Work, ed. Michael Szenberg, University of Michigan Press, 1998
Don Davis, “If You Want Me to Serve as a thesis Sponsor or Co-Sponsor…”
Daniel S. Hamermesh, “Top 10 Tips for Junior Faculty on Jump-Starting Your Career”,
AEA CSWEP Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2006
Daniel S. Hamermesh, “An Old Male Economist’s Advice to Young Female Economists”, CSWEP Newsletter, Winter 2005, pp. 11-12
Daniel S. Hamermesh, “The Young Economist's Guide to Professional Etiquette”,
The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 6(1), 1992, pp. 169-179
Tim Kehoe, “Suggestions on Preparing for Presentations of Economic Research”
“Top 10 List Giving an Effective Presentation”, CWSEP Newsletter, Spring/Summer
2005
“Top 10 List Developing and Maintaining Networks”, CWSEP Newsletter,
Spring/Summer 2005
Phil Agre, “Networking on the Network: A Guide to Professional Skills for Ph.D.
Students”, 2005
3. Research
Donald N. McCloskey, “The Rhetoric of Economics”, Journal of Economic Literature,
vol.XXI, 1983, pp. 481-517
Ross Levine, “Recommendations for Better Research”
Deidre N. McCloskey “Other Things Equal: How to Be Equal in Economics”, Eastern
Economic Journal, 26(2), 2000
Hal R. Varian, “How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time?” Passion and
Craft: How Economists Work, ed. Michael Szenberg, University of Michigan Press, 1998
Mary M. Marchant, “The Keys to Preparing Successful Research Grant Proposals”,
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 33(3), 2001, pp. 605-612
William Thomson, “The Young Person’s Guide to Writing Economic Theory”, Journal of
Economic Literature, 37(1), 199, pp.157-183
4. Publishing
George M. Frankfurter, “The Young Finance Faculty's Guide to Publishing Inspired by
and after (rather loosely) Benjamin Britten”, International Review of Financial Analysis,
9, 2000, pp. 299-314
“Top 10 Ways to Deal with Editors and Publishers”, CWSEP Newsletter, Spring/Summer
2005
Michael Kremer, “Writing Papers: a Checklist”
Claudia Godin, “How not to Perish: Tips for Submitting Articles from and Ex-Editor’s
Point of View, CWEP Newsletter, Fall 1989, pp. 3-5
Glenn Allison, “Publishing in Economics Journals: Trends Young Economists (and
Everyone Else) Should Be Aware of” CWEP Newsletter, pp. 6-7
Joshua S. Gans and George B. Shepherd, “How Are the Mighty Fallen: Rejected Classic
Articles by Leading Economists”, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 8(1), 1994, pp.
165-179
Kwon Choi, “How to Publish in Top Journals”, 2002
John Creedy, “From Manuscrpt to Publication”, University of Melbourne, Research
Working Paper #934, 2005
Marshall H., Medoff, “Editorial Favoritism in Economics”, Southern Economic Journal,
70(2), 2003, pp. 425-434
5. Professional Service
Linda Edwards, “Guidelines for Being a Discussant”, CWEP Newsletter, Spring 1996
(Part 2) p.19
Daniel S. Hamermesh, “Facts and Myths about Refereeing”, The Journal of Economic
Perspectives, 8(1), 1994, pp. 153-163
Catherine Eckel, “Writing Reviews for the Economics Program at the National Science
Foundation that will make your program officer love you”, CSWEP Newslette
6. Tenure and Senior Career
Jannice Fanning Madden, “The Year of the Tenure Decision: Strategies for Survival”,
CSWEP Newsletter, Spring/Summer 1987, pp. 8-1
Daniel S. Hamermesh, "Professional Etiquette for Mature Economist", American
Economic Review Papers and Proceedings, 83(2), pp. 34-38
Susan Athey, “Negotiating Senior Job Offers”, SCWEP Newsletter, pp. 10-13
Daniel S. Hamermesh , “Maximizing the Substance in the Soundbite: a Media Guide for Economists”, Journal of Economic Education,35(4), 2004
R. Preston McAfee, “Edifying Editing”, The American Economist, 55(1), 2010, pp. 1-8
Mark Harrison’s Survival Guide for Department Chairs
David Colander, “The Aging of an Economist”, Journal of the History of Economic
Thought, 25(2), 2003
7. Work/Life Balance
“Tips on Dual, Not Dueling, Careers”, CSWEP Newsletter, Spring/Summer 2001, pp. 6-8
“Work and Family in Academia: Striking the Balance”, CSWEP Newsletter Symposium,
Spring/Summer 2007
“Extended Tenure Clock Policies: Theory…and Practice”, CSWEP Newsletter, Winter
2005, pp. 13-15
Saranna Thornton, “Where - Not When – Should You Have a Baby?”, The Chronicle
Review, 51(7), 2004, p.B12
8. Gender
Donna K Ginther; Shulamit Kahn, “Women in Economics: Moving Up or Falling Off the
Academic Career Ladder?”, The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 2004, 18(3), pp. 193-214
“Women, Work, and the Academy: Strategies for Responding to “Post-Civil Rights Era” Gender Discrimination” The Barnard Center for Research on Women
Linda C. Babcock, “Sometimes Even Negotiation Professors Forget to Ask”, CSWEP
Newsletter, Winter 2009
9. Bibliography
David Colander, “The Lost Art of Economics: Essays on Economics and the Economics Profession”, Elgar, 2001
William Thomson, “A Guide for the Young Economist”, Cambridge and London: MIT
Press, 2001
Emily Toth,”Ms. Mentor’s Impeccable Advice for Women in Academia”, 1997
“Publishing Economics: Analyses of the Academic Journal Market in Economics” ed.
Joshua S. Garis, Elgar, 2000
William Germano, “Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious
about Serious Books”, Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing, and Publishing, University of
Chicago Press, 2001
John A. Goldsmith, John Komlos, and Penny Schine Gold, “The Chicago Guide to Your
Academic Career: A Portable Mentor for Scholars from Graduate School through
Tenure”, University of Chicago Press, 2001
Beth Luey, “Handbook for Academic Authors”, 5th edition, Cambridge University Press,
2009
“Mama PhD: Women Write about Motherhood and Academic Life”, (eds) Elrena Evans
and Caroline Grant
“Papa PhD: Essays on Fatherhood by Men in the Academy”, (eds) Mary Ruth Marotte,
Paige Martin Reynolds, and Ralph James Savarese
10. Economic Data Sources
Real-Time Data
U.S. - Philadelphia Fed Real-Time Dataset for Macroeconomists
OECD - Real-Time and Revisions Database
Germany - Bundesbank Real-Time Dataset
Euro Area - Euro Area Business Cycle Network (EABCN) Real-Time Database
UK - Bank of England Real-Time Database
Other U.S. and International Data
Resources for Economists
Federal Reserve Economic Data
Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
OECD Main Economic Indicators (Public Data)
IMF International Financial Statistics
World Bank World Development Indicators (WDI)
11. Teaching Links
The Economist
The Finanial Times
Econbrowser blog
The New York Times
The Wall Street Journal
The New York Times
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