Economics 190
Special Topics Seminar:
Economics of Discrimination
University of California, Berkeley
Spring 2003
Professor Martha Olney

NEW ROOM!
Beginning Thursday January 30, Econ 190 will meet in 223 Dwinelle.



Course Description:
Not all difference results from discrimination.  Not all discrimination results in observable differences.  This course will focus on issues of difference and discrimination associated with race, gender, or nation of birth, focusing particularly on markets other than the labor market.  Is there evidence of discrimination in credit markets?  Housing markets?  In education? How is econometrics used to address questions of discrimination?

Prerequisites: Economics 100A, 100B, and 140 or 141
Enrollment:  You need a CEC, which you can obtain from Prof. Olney.
Final Exam Conflict?  There is no final exam for the course, so no conflict with graduation.

 
Syllabus
 Reading Guide
(.doc file)



Stata.com website

Purchasing Stata with GradPlan

Online help for stata

Students' favorite Stata help link

 (free Stata is available on Socs)



Where to find the
TSP software
Installing TSP
(.doc file from Ec 141)
Using TSP
(.doc file from Ec 141)




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