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style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt'>EC325 POVERTY AND <span class=GramE>DISCRIMINATION</span><br> (Fall 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><a href="http://people.bu.edu/lang"><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>Professor Kevin Lang</span></b></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>For review sheet for the first midterm click </span></b><a href="sample-questions-11-1.pdf"><b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>here</span></b></a></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For last year s first midterm click <a href="mid1-10.pdf">here</a></span></b><br> <b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>For review sheet for second midterm click </span></b><a href="sample-questions-11-2.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>here</span></b></a></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><a name="OLE_LINK1"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For last year s second midterm click </span></b></a><a href="mid2-10.pdf"><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>here</span></b></span><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span></a><span style='mso-bookmark:OLE_LINK1'></span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><br> <b>For review sheet for final click </b></span><a href="sample-questions-11-3.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>here</span></b></a></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>For last year s final click <a href="fin-10.pdf">here</a></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>For information on short paper click </span></b><a href="short-paper-11.pdf"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>here</span></b></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Office hours: M <st1:time Hour="14" Minute="0" w:st="on">2:00-3:30, W 10:30-12:00</st1:time></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Office address: Room 302A. <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">264 Bay State Road</st1:address></st1:Street></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Telephone: x5694 </span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span class=GramE><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>e-mail</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>: </span></b><a href="mailto:lang@bu.edu"><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>lang@bu.edu</span></b></a></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Secretary: Norma <span class=SpellE>Hardeo</span></span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Jump to<span class=GramE>:</span><br> </span></b><a href="#grade"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Grading</span></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><br> </span></b><a href="#cheat"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cheating</span></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><br> </span></b><a href="#schedule"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Preliminary Schedule and Readings</span></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Overview</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>: This course is an upper-division economics course designed to help you use your knowledge of economics and statistics to examine important policy issues. The course covers both theory (why is there discrimination? how can discrimination persist in a competitive labor market?) and empirical work (what explains long-run trends in poverty rates?). The goal of this course, however, is not to resolve these issues but to demonstrate their complexity. You may leave this course feeling that you know less about poverty and discrimination than you did when you began the course. In many ways the goal of this class is to help students to  think like an economist, but the readings and discussion will not be limited to economics. Above all, I hope that this course will help students to develop as rigorous thinkers and precise presenters of their ideas. By the end of the course, students will be stronger analytical and critical thinkers, and will be much more adept at assessing the meaning and limits of arguments based on statistics. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Prerequisites</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>: The formal requirements for this course are EC201 (or EC211) and EC305. Students have taken this course without those prerequisites, and I will cover the necessary theory in class. However, the course will generally be easier for those who have already taken intermediate economics. I strongly recommend against trying to take this course unless you have had at least introductory microeconomics.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>We will also make extensive use of statistical data. The formal statistics required for this course will be covered briefly. Most of the issues concerning statistical analysis that are covered in this course are generally not covered in statistics courses. However, students who have not taken EC305 or the equivalent often feel that they would have been more comfortable with the new material had they taken a statistics course. Students who have not taken intermediate microeconomics or statistics may feel the need to do some remedial reading.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Texts: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The required texts are:</span></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Kevin Lang, <b>Poverty and Discrimination</b>, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Princeton</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Press, 2007. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><a href="#schedule"><b><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>Additional readings:</span></b></a><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'> There is a considerable amount of reading for this class. Where possible, I have included a link to on-line materials on the course page. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Course Web Page: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>The material for this class (this syllabus, readings, course schedule, announcements) will be posted on the course web page at </span><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:blue'>http://people.bu.edu/lang/ec325.htm</span></u><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![if !supportLineBreakNewLine]><br style='mso-special-character:line-break'> <![endif]></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><a name=grade></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>Grading: </span></b></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;background:#CCCCCC;border-collapse:collapse;border:none; mso-border-alt:solid black 1.5pt;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Class participation</span></b></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Credit is given for participation, not for showing up</span></b><span style='color:black'> </span></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>5%</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>In-class assignments<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>There will be a variety of short (@ 5- minute unannounced exercises)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>5%<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>1<sup>st</sup> midterm exam:</span></b></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>October 6</span></b></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>20%</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>2<sup>nd</sup> midterm exam: </span></b></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>November 10</span></b></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>20%</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Short paper:</span></b></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Due: December 6, <st1:time Hour="9" Minute="0" w:st="on">9:00 AM</st1:time></span></b></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>20%</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width="27%" style='width:27.46%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Final exam: </span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width="52%" style='width:52.54%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-right: none;mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Saturday, December 17, 9:00-11:00 (believe me, I did not choose this date and time)</span></b></p> </td> <td width="20%" style='width:20.0%;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-alt: solid windowtext .75pt;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>30%</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Although I take attendance, showing up does not give you credit towards class participation although if you do not show up, you cannot get credit for in-class exercises. I use the attendance information in case your parents call the university wondering whether something has happened to you. Quality and quantity of comments count. The in-class exercises will be collected and a sample will be graded. Their main purpose is for me to determine how well I am communicating.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I reserve the right to alter the weighting in order to take account of exceptional circumstances</span></i><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Many issues reappear throughout the semester so early classes are still important for the second midterm and final exams. The final will be more heavily weighted towards the last part of the course but will nevertheless be cumulative. You are welcome to bring calculators to exams. Cell phones must be turned off and stored out of sight.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>All exams are required. No makeup midterm exams will be given. If you miss an exam, you will receive a grade of zero. The only exceptions will be for a verified family emergency or illness/injury. If you miss a midterm exam for a legitimate reason, your remaining exams will be reweighted appropriately. </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>It is your responsibility to plan your travel ahead around exams dates. In particular, the date of the final exam is determined by the registrar and cannot be changed for any reason. If you miss the final for a legitimate reason, I will schedule a make-up exam at a time when all students taking the make-up are available. This will probably not be before the second week of spring semester.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>I recently discovered that I am mildly face-blind, which means that I have unusual difficulty remembering faces. In order to make my life easier and, in particular, to make it easier for me to grade class participation, starting with the fifth class meeting, you should choose a permanent seat for the rest of the semester.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><a name=cheat></a><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>Policy on Cheating:</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'> You are responsibility for reading and understanding the Boston University<i> Academic Conduct Code</i>, which you find at </span><a href="http://www.bu.edu/academics/files/2011/08/AcademicConductCode.pdf">http://www.bu.edu/academics/files/2011/08/AcademicConductCode.pdf</a><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>. Academic misconduct involves not only direct cheating on tests, but some more subtle acts as well. All work handed in for credit must be your own, with the exception that you are encouraged to discuss your papers with each other but must turn in separate work demonstrating independent thought and investigation. I will report cases of suspected academic misconduct to the Dean's Office. In addition to any punishment determined by the College, you will receive a 0 for the test or assignment.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center;background:#F2F2F2'><a name=schedule></a><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>COURSE SCHEDULE</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Please note that the dates on which material will be covered are approximate. Topics may take more or less time than I anticipate, and I may decide to change the order in which we address various topics. Exams will cover material that has been covered in the actual lectures regardless of whether we are ahead of or behind the projected schedule.</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'> </span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>J</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'> indicates that the reading is available at </span><a href="http://www.jstor.org"><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>www.jstor.org</span></a><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'> <span class=GramE>You</span> must be logged into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> network (or virtual network) to access <span class=SpellE>jstor</span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>E</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'> indicates that the reading is available through <span class=SpellE>EconLit</span>. To access <span class=SpellE>EconLit</span> go to <a href="http://www.bu.edu/dbin/ejournals/esources/alpha-es.php#E">http://www.bu.edu/dbin/ejournals/esources/alpha-es.php#E</a> </span><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>and click on <span class=SpellE>EconLit</span> You must be logged into the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Boston</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> network (or virtual network) to access this. Once on <span class=SpellE>EconLit</span>, you can use the author and key words in the title to find the article and the link to the full text.</span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>P&amp;D</span></b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'> refers to <i>Poverty and Discrimination</i>.</span><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='background:#F2F2F2'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> <p style='background:#F2F2F2'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'>You may need to be logged on to the Boston University network to access some of the links. </span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="101%" style='width:101.66%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid #B0B0FF 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>DATE</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>TOPIC</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:black'>READINGS</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 valign=top style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Introduction/Why policy analysts disagree</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 valign=top style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 1</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/8</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Review of statistics</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D appendix to chapter 1</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/13 </span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Who is poor (theory)?</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'> </span></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 2, pp. 31-37</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/15</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Who is poor by the official measure?</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 2, pp. 37-47<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Blank, Rebecca, and Mark Greenberg. 2008.  Improving the Measurement of Poverty, The Brookings Institution Discussion Paper 2008-17. <span style='color:blue'><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/12_poverty_measurement_blank/12_poverty_measurement_blank.pdf">http://www.brookings.edu/~/media/Files/rc/papers/2008/12_poverty_measurement_blank/12_poverty_measurement_blank.pdf</a></span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/20</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Dynamics of poverty</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 2, pp. 48-58<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>E Mary Jo Bane and David Ellwood, 1986, &quot;Slipping Into and Out of Poverty: The Dynamics of Spells, <i>Journal of Human Resources</i>, 21, 1-24.</span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>J Ann Huff Stevens,  The Dynamics of Poverty Spells: Updating Bane and Ellwood, American Economic Review, 84 (May 1994): 34-37.</span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Finalize your seating choice!</span></i></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/22</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Evolution of poverty policy <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D Chapter 3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class=Default><span class=SpellE><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Scholz</span></b></span><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight: normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>, John Karl, Robert Moffitt, and Benjamin Cowan. 2008.  Trends in Income Support, Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Paper 1350-08. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:14.0pt; color:blue'><a href="http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp135008.pdf">http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/pdfs/dp135008.pdf</a> </span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size: 14.0pt'>(pp. 1-19)</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/27</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Trends in poverty<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 4, parts 1&amp;2</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>9/29</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Accounting for trends </span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 4, remainder <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>J <span class=SpellE>Hoynes</span>, Hilary W., Marianne E. Page and Ann Huff Stevens,  Poverty in America: Trends and Explanations,  <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Journal of Economic Perspectives, </i>20 (Winter 2006): 47-68.</span></b><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><o:p></o:p></i></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/4</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Labor market policies I</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 5, parts 1-5</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#E36C0A;mso-background-themecolor:accent6;mso-background-themeshade: 191;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>10/6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1269 colspan=2 style='width:951.9pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#E36C0A;mso-background-themecolor:accent6;mso-background-themeshade: 191;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt; color:black'>First Midterm Exam (covers material through  Accounting for Trends )</span></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:16.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=64 style='width:48.05pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/11</span></b></p> </td> <td width=181 style='width:135.5pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Labor market policies II</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1089 style='width:816.4pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 5, remainder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Greenberg, David, Victoria <span class=SpellE>Deitch</span> and Gayle Hamilton,  Welfare-to-Work Program Benefits and Costs: A Synthesis of Research,  New York: MDRC, 2009. (Executive Summary &amp; Conclusions) <a href="http://www.mdrc.org/publications/511/full.pdf">http://www.mdrc.org/publications/511/full.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>For a discussion of intent-to-treat and treatment-on-the-treated click <a href="itt-tot.pdf">here</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; display:none;mso-hide:all'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="101%" style='width:101.66%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid #B0B0FF 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt 4.5pt'> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/13</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><span class=SpellE><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Nonmarital</span></b></span><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'> births/Decline of marriage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Kathryn <span class=SpellE>Edin</span>,  A Few Good Men, <i>The American Prospect</i>, 11 (<st1:date Month="11" Day="30" Year="2002" w:st="on">November 30, 2002</st1:date>): 1-8. </span></b><a href="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&amp;name=ViewPrint&amp;articleId=4423"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Link</span></b></a></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>George <span class=SpellE>Akerlof</span> and Janet <span class=SpellE>Yellen</span>,  An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Births in the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">United <span class=SpellE>States</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span class=SpellE>, <i>Brookings</i></span><i> Policy Brief No. 5</i>, August 1996. </span></b><a href="http://www.brookings.edu/papers/1996/08childrenfamilies_akerlof.aspx"><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>Link</span></b></a></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 6, parts 1-5<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/18</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Teen motherhood </span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>/<b>Intergenerational issues<o:p></o:p></b></span></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 6, parts 6-8</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/20</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Policies Aimed at Children<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 6, remainder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Janet Currie,  Early Childhood Intervention Programs: What Do We <span class=SpellE>Know? <i>Joint</i></span><i> Center for Poverty Research Working Paper 169</i>, May 2000. <a href="http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/jcpr/workingpapers/wpfiles/currie_EARLY_CHILDHOOD.PDF">http://www.northwestern.edu/ipr/jcpr/workingpapers/wpfiles/currie_EARLY_CHILDHOOD.PDF</a> </span></b><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></p> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Douglas Almond and Janet Currie,  Killing Me Softly: The Fetal Origins Hypothesis, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>Journal of Economic Perspective, </i>25 (Summer 2011): 153-72. <a href="http://www.aeaweb.org/issue.php?doi=10.1257/jep.25.3">http://www.aeaweb.org/issue.php?doi=10.1257/jep.25.3</a> (optional paper that discusses long-term effects of the fetal environment)<o:p></o:p></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/25</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Concentrated Poverty</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Greg J. Duncan &amp; Anita <span class=SpellE>Zuberi</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 14.0pt'>,  </span>Mobility Lessons from <span class=SpellE>Gautreaux</span> and Moving to <ns0:place>Opportunity</ns0:place> <a href="http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njlsp/v1/n1/5/index.htm">http://www.law.northwestern.edu/journals/njlsp/v1/n1/5/index.htm</a> </b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:14.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>10/27</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Education reform I</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 8, parts 1-3<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>Jacob, Brian and Jens Ludwig,  Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children, NBER Working Paper No. 14550, 2008. <a href="http://www.nber.org/papers/w14550">http://www.nber.org/papers/w14550</a> </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/1</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Education Reform II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 8, remainder</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>National Research Council report on <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a href="http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12521&amp;page=53">Incentives and Test-Based Accountability in Education</a></i> chapter 4 (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/3 </span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Welfare reform </span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 9<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/8 </span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Defining discrimination, theories <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:8'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#FFCCCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/10</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1268 colspan=2 style='width:950.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#FFCCCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'>Second Midterm Exam (covers material 10/4 - 11/3)</span></b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:9'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Black-White Wage Differentials: Trends<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 11, parts 1&amp;2</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:10'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/17 </span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Race Discrimination in the Labor Market I<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>J James Heckman,  Detecting Discrimination, <i>Journal of Economic Perspectives</i>, 12 (Spring 1998): 101-116</span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 11, remainder</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:11'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/22<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Race Discrimination in the Labor Market II<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>Christopher A. Parsons, Johan <span class=SpellE>Sulaeman</span>, Michael C. Yates, and Daniel S. <span class=SpellE>Hamermesh</span>  Strike Three: Discrimination, Incentives, and Evaluation, <i style='mso-bidi-font-style: normal'>American Economic Review, </i><span style='mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>101 (June 2011): 1410 1435 <a href="https://webspace.utexas.edu/hamermes/www/Baseball4Authors.pdf">https://webspace.utexas.edu/hamermes/www/Baseball4Authors.pdf</a><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>(optional, for baseball fans)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-style:italic'>Justin Price and Justin <span class=SpellE>Wolfers</span>,  Discrimination Among Basketball Referees, <i>Quarterly Journal of Economics</i>, (November 2010):<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>1859-87, <a href="http://bpp.wharton.upenn.edu/jwolfers/Papers/NBARace.pdf">http://bpp.wharton.upenn.edu/jwolfers/Papers/NBARace.pdf</a> (optional, for basketball fans)</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:12'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>11/29</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Discrimination in Education<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"'>William T. Dickens &amp; James R. Flynn, <span style='mso-bidi-font-weight:bold'>Black Americans Reduce the Racial IQ Gap: Evidence from<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Standardization Samples, <a href="http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/dickens/20060619_IQ.pdf">http://www.brookings.edu/views/papers/dickens/20060619_IQ.pdf</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"'> </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>E William T. Dickens and Thomas J. Kane,  Racial Test Score Differences as Evidence of Reverse Discrimination: Less Than Meets the Eye, <i>Industrial Relations</i>, 38 (July 1999): 331-63.</span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 12</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:13'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>12/1</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Discrimination in Housing &amp; Other Markets <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D chapter 13</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:14'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>12/6</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Sex Discrimination: Theory</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>J Francine D. <span class=SpellE>Blau</span> and Lawrence M. Kahn,  Gender Differences in Pay, <i>Journal of Economic Perspectives</i>, 14 (Fall 2000): 75-100.</span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D, Chapter 14, parts 1-3</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:15'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCE5CC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>12/8</span></b></p> </td> <td width=180 style='width:135.0pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#EFFFEF;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Sex Discrimination: Evidence<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>Wrap-up</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span></p> </td> <td width=1088 style='width:815.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#CCFFCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D Chapter 14, remainder<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt'>P&amp;D Chapter 15, optional</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style='mso-yfti-irow:16;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes'> <td width=65 style='width:49.1pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#FFCCCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt .35pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.0pt; color:black'>12/17</span></b></p> </td> <td width=1268 colspan=2 style='width:950.85pt;border-top:solid windowtext 1.0pt; border-left:solid windowtext 1.0pt;border-bottom:none;border-right:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid windowtext .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid windowtext .75pt; background:#FFCCCC;padding:4.5pt .35pt 4.5pt 7.55pt'> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>FINAL EXAM <st1:time Minute="0" Hour="9" w:st="on">9:00 - 11:00</st1:time> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='color:black'>TOTAL VALUE 30%: 20% COVERING MATERIAL NOT COVERED IN PRIOR MIDTERMS, 10% CUMULATIVE</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </table> <p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p> </div> </div> </body> </html>