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The University of Michigan Department of Economics is looking for motivated and competent individuals to work as research assistants on several projects in public finance, focused on tax policy, local budgeting and government expenditures on health and education. The position is ideal for recently college graduates seeking additional experience before applying to graduate school in economics and/or public policy. Applicants of all nationalities are encouraged to apply - the Department will sponsor the visa if the selected candidate is not a U.S. citizen. Previous research assistants secured funded admission into top-level graduate programs in economics. The job responsibilities include: - Analyzing data for existing researchprojects - Data collection for new projects - Writing, creating and editingpresentations - Editing research papers There are two positions open. The first one begins in September 2015 and lasts until August 2016. The second begins in January 2016 and lasts until May 2017. Please apply directly at the following urls: Job Opening: RES ASST II SOC SCI(TEMP) | Careers at the U Job Opening: RES ASST II SOC SCI(TEMP) | Careers at the U

there is an entire book that answers your question :) It is "The Dismal Science" (Stephen Marglin) .

hi! i think it could be a good option for you, given the amount of econ course, your problem could have been the strength of the letters or the quality of the raccomenders. in toulouse you will have the chance to interact with very famous professors (not only tirole, there are plenty of others). if you impress them, you will be in! i would instead avoid a master in math. if you already have three letters from top economists and these letters are strong, of course my advice is no longer true. but i would be really surprised that 4B- can hurt so much.

happy new year!

The only dataset I know that could be helpful to you is the Panel Study on Income Dynamics (PSID). But I am not sure it contains all the variables you need.

that's a great news for yale and for my friend econphilomath :)

I totally agree with the poster above.

this is a very sad news :(

Harvard

hi to everyone :) elogiombra was totally right, we all loved the yale visiting days, and it was great to know in person people with whom i talked only via internet, like elogiombra, banderas, asianecon-stallion :) , p=np . the title of this thread was meant just to "signal" what good impression yale made to us! and it's not just that they were great in advertising their product, but we talked to some friends of ours that are fifth year graduate student, with faculty (btw, larry samuelson is great! ) . and it was also meant to make an important point: rankings are usually based on the publications record of the faculty members, and usually do not reflect placement or how students-oriented is the graduate program, and yale is great in this respect. my personal idea is that i would surely have picked yale if i had not received the admissions from the cambridge universities. and even with those admissions, it will be hard reject the yale offer. instead, from what we have heard from graduate students in some other universities, the graduate programs are not all like the yale one. of course, this is just my opinion, that coincides with that of elogiombra and other students that were in the visiting days, i hope nobody gets offended by it, the fact that preferences are heterogeneous is what makes world interesting :) .

I will be there, why don't we organize a TM meeting at some point of the two days? :)

i am not biased either, and i also think that picking berkeley over chicago could be a good choice. i have the impression (it's just an impression) that berkeley faculty is much more supportive with its students than that of chicago, and this turns out to be reflected in better placement outcomes.given the fact that you are not interested in macro, if the rumors of berkeley loss of senior faculty does not reveal true , i would pick berkeley if i were you.

lol karina you are great :)

completely agree with buckykatt... i don't know which master you have done, but 99% of the masters in the world are much less intellectual stimulating than the first year at chicago (disclaimer: obviously i am exaggerating this percentage, do not take it seriously :) )...

for me too :)