Family and labor economics 2400-EN3SL245B
During the meetings in semester I, Students will define the topic of their dissertation and based on reviewed economic theories formulate research question and main hypothesis. Students are expected to define a research area of their interest, and to review recent empirical research within the chosen area. During the seminars Students will report and present progress of their work.
The preliminary agenda for the first semester:
1: Organizational issues
2: The structure of BA dissertation: how to write a good thesis?
3,4,5,6: Selected topics in family and labor economics research – presentation and review; getting to know basic concepts and theories, their empirical tests, as well as available data sources for performing own research.
Next meetings: Students’ presentations and discussions on research topics chosen by Students; formulation of the research problem and question for the thesis; design of the thesis; formulation of the main hypothesis based on reviewed theories; planning own empirical analysis.
In the second semester Students will work on their own empirical research. During the meetings in semester II Students will present their analysis, discuss the results and relate them to economic theories, interpret the main findings and formulate conclusions.
Type of course
Course coordinators
Learning outcomes
W01, KW02, KW03, KU01, KU02, KW03, KK01, KK02, KK03
Assessment criteria
In order to pass the seminar Students should:
*semester I: formulate topic of their dissertation, make a plan of their work and create the structure of the thesis; review relevant literature on the chosen topic. It is expected that Students will submit outcomes of their work in a written form (i.e. parts of the thesis).
*semester II: choose methodology for performing own analysis (analytical tools); perform the analysis; interpret the main findings; formulate conclusions. It is expected that Students will submit outcomes of their work in a form of a written dissertation
Bibliography
Basic literature:
Angrist, Joshua D., and William N. Evans, 1998. “Children and Their Parents' Labour Supply: Evidence from Exogenous Variation in Family Size.” American Economic Review 88(3): 450-477.
Ashenfelter, Orley and David Card. 2011. Handbook Of Labor Economics, Vol 4B. Amsterdam: Elsevier B.V.
Blau, Francine D., and Lawrence M. Kahn. 2016. “The Gender Wage Gap: Extent, Trends, and Explanations.” NBER Working Paper Series. Working Paper 21913.
Blinder, Alan S. 1973. “Wage discrimination: reduced form and structural estimates.” Journal of Human Resources 8 (4): 436-455.
Boeckmann, Irene, Joya Misra and Michelle J. Budig. 2015. “Cultural and Institutional Factors Shaping Mothers' Employment and Working Hours in Postindustrial Countries.” Social Forces 93 (4): 1301-1333.
Budig, Michelle J., and Paula England. 2001. “The Wage Penalty for Motherhood.” American Sociological Review 66 (2): 204–25.
Budig, Michelle J., Joya Misra and Irene Boeckmann. 2012. “The Motherhood Penalty in Cross-National Perspective: The Importance of Work-Family Policies and Cultural Attitudes.” Social Politics 19(2): 163-193.
Davies, Rhys and Pierre Gaelle. 2005. “The family gap in pay in Europe: a cross-country study.” Labour Economics 12 (4): 469-486.
De Linde Leonard, Megan and Tom Stanley. 2015. “Married with children: What remains when observable biases are removed from the reported male marriage wage premium.” Labour Economics 33: 72-80.
Esping‐Andersen, Gøsta. 1990. Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
Fortin, Nicole, Thomas Lemieux, and Sergio Firpo. 2011. “Chapter 1 – Decomposition Methods in Economics.” In Handbook of Labor Economics, 4:1–102.
Glauber, Rebecca. 2008. “Race and Gender in Families and at Work: The Fatherhood Wage Premium.” Gender and Society 22: 8–30.
Goraus, Karolina, and Joanna Tyrowicz. 2014. “Gender Wage Gap in Poland – Can It Be Explained by Differences in Observable Characteristics ?” Ekonomia 36: 125-148.
Grajek, Michał. 2003. “Gender Pay Gap in Poland.” Economics of Planning 36 (1): 23–44.
Jurajda, Štĕpán. 2003. “Gender wage gap and segregation in enterprises and the public sector in late transition countries.” Journal of Comparative Economics 31 (2): 199–222.
Lundberg, Shelly and Elaina Rose. 2002. „The Effects Of Sons And Daughters On Men’s Labour Supply And Wages.” The Review of Economics and Statistics 84(2): 251-268.
Matysiak, Anna and Daniele Vignoli. 2008. “Fertility and women’s employment: A meta-analysis. European Journal of Population 24(4): 363–384.
Matysiak, Anna, Tymon Słoczyński, and Anna Baranowska. 2010. „Kobiety i mężczyźni na rynku pracy.” In Zatrudnienie w Polsce 2008 – Praca w cyklu życia, edited by Maciej Bukowski, Warszawa: Centrum Rozwoju Zasobów Ludzkich.
Neumark, David. 2004. Sex Differences in Labor Markets. Routledge Research in Gender and Society. Vol. 10.
Saxonberg, Steven. 2014. Gendering Family Policies in Post-Communist Europe: A Historical-Institutional Analysis. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
Stanley, Tom D. and Stephen, Jarrell. 1998. “Gender wage discrimination bias? A meta-regression analysis.” Journal of Human Resources 33: 947–973.
Waldfogel, Jane. 1997. “The Effect of Children on Women’s Wages.” American Sociological Review 62 (2): 209-17.
Weichselbaumer, Doris, and Rudolf Winter-Ebmer. 2005. A Meta Analysis of the International Gender Wage Gap. Journal of Economic Surveys 19(3): 479–511.
Specific literature depends on the topic the Students will choose to work at; it will selected together with the Instructor.
Additional information
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