Spring 2012 - Economics 3710

Syllabus
Reading List

Term Paper Topics

Term Paper Instructions

Discussion Questions

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Video Clips:

· Big Game Hunting in TX, 60 Minutes, January 29, 2012 http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7396832n&tag=api

· Sheena Iyengar on How to Make Choosing Easier, TED Talk November 2011

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sheena_iyengar_choosing_what_to_choose.html

· Steve Levitt on Child Carseats, TED Talk, July 2005 http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/steven_levitt_on_child_carseats.html

· Daniel Kahneman on The Riddle of Experience vs. Memory, TED Talk, February 2010

http://www.ted.com/talks/daniel_kahneman_the_riddle_of_experience_vs_memory.html

· Nic Marks on The Happy Planet Index, TED Talk, July 2010

http://www.ted.com/talks/nic_marks_the_happy_planet_index.html

· Richard Wilkinson on How Economic Inequality Harms Societies, TED Talk, July 2011

http://www.ted.com/talks/richard_wilkinson.html

· Redshirting: Holding kids back from kindergarten, 60 Minutes, March 4, 2012

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7400898n&tag=re1.channel

· Hans Rosling: Let my dataset change your mind, TED Talk, June 2009

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/hans_rosling_at_state.html

· Jonathan Haidt on the moral roots of liberals and conservatives, TED Talk, March 2008

http://www.ted.com/talks/jonathan_haidt_on_the_moral_mind.html

· Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis, TED Talk, March 2008 (27:52)

http://www.ted.com/talks/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis.html

2011 Census Data

· Population growth in G8 countries

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/2011001/fig/fig1-eng.cfm

· Population by province and territory

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/hlt-fst/pd-pl/Table-Tableau.cfm?LANG=Eng&T=101&S=50&O=A

· Population growth rates by province and territory

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/2011001/fig/fig3-eng.cfm

· Population share by region

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/2011001/fig/fig4-eng.cfm

· Population growth by CMA

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/2011001/fig/fig5-eng.cfm

· Census agglomerations with the highest population growth

http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/as-sa/98-310-x/2011001/tbl/tbl3-eng.cfm

LFS Data

· Labour force characteristics by age and sex, January 2012

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/subjects-sujets/labour-travail/lfs-epa/t120203a1-eng.htm

LICO

· Low-Income Cut-offs After Tax

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/75f0002m/2009002/tbl/tbl-2-eng.htm

Final Exam