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Interview with Bell Award Recipient Janet M. Currie Published three times annually by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women news in the Economics Profession. 2016 ISSUE II IN THISCSWEP ISSUE FOCUS Interview with Bell Award Managing a Job Search Recipient Janet M. Currie as a Couple Introduction by Shelly Lundberg . .3 Marianne Bitler Navigating a Joint Job Search: Janet M. Currie, the Henry Putnam Pro- Evidence from the Job Seekers’ Study fessor of Economics and Public Affairs by Brooke Helppie McFall & Marta Murray-Close . 3 and chair of the economics department Advice from Recipients of CSWEP’s at Princeton University, is the 2015 re- Carolyn Shaw Bell Award... ... ..5 cipient of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. The Dual Job Search: Early Honesty is The Bell Award is given annually by the Best Policy by John Cawley . .6 CSWEP to an individual who has fur- Our Dual-Career Search Experience thered the status of women in econom- and Advice by Julie L . Hotchkiss & ics through example, achievements, Robert E . Moore . .8 increasing our understanding of how More on Timing and Strategy... ..8 women can advance in the economics Considerations for LGBT Economists profession and mentoring others. in Dual-Career Situations by Kitt Carpenter . .11 Currie’s research focuses on the Institutional Matters . 12 health and well-being of children. Her Eleanor Roosevelt Fellow of the Ameri- Think About the Long Run work is notable for combining a focus can Academy of Political and Social Sci- by Melinda Morrill & Thayer Morrill 13 on important, policy-relevant questions ences, a Fellow of the Econometric Soci- Advice from Placement Directors 14 with unassailable objectivity and scru- ety and a Fellow of the Society of Labor The Two-Body Opportunity for pulous attention to methodological de- Economists. Universities by Jill J . McCluskey . 15 tail. She has studied early intervention Currie received the 2015 Bell Award programs, programs to expand health From the CSWEP Chair for her dedicated mentorship of col- insurance and improve health care, leagues and students, both female and Chair’s Letter public housing programs and food and male, who praise her sage, practical, no- by Shelly Lundberg . .2 nutrition programs. Her current re- nonsense advice and her creativity in search focuses on socioeconomic dif- Milestones & Honors devising solutions to career challeng- ferences in child health and environ- es. She has been a role model for oth- Interview with Bell Award Winner mental threats to children’s health and er women as they have navigated dual- Janet Currie by Marianne Bitler 1, 17 on understanding how well the medical career issues and she exemplifies how Reflections on the Founding of profession makes treatment decisions. economists can use their research to in- CSWEP by Myra Strober . 16 . Currie is a prolific researcher, hav- form policy. She is known for her com- Brag Box . 20 ing published over 90 journal articles mitment to gender equity in econom- Calls & Announcements and 30 book chapters in addition to writ- ics. Currie served as Co-PI on the initial ing or editing four books. Currie directs NSF grant that funded the CeMENT Dear CSWEP . 15 the Program on Families and Children Mentoring Workshops and led the re- Bell Award. 19 at the National Bureau of Economic Re- Bennet Award . 19 search team that produced the only rig- Call for CSWEP Liaisons . 20 search. Among other honors, she is a orous scientific evidence for the efficacy Haworth Committee Funding . 19 member of the National Academy of of a mentoring program. She has also 2017 EEA Sessions . 19 Medicine, a Fellow of the American made tremendous contributions to the 2017 MEA Sessions . 19 Academy of Arts and Sciences, the 2014 2016 SEA Sessions . 19 continues on page 17 For Free Digital Subscriptions, email [email protected] Forward the CSWEP News to colleagues and graduate students. Contributors Shelly Lundberg From the Chair On July 1, the CSWEP office began women who are remaking economics transitioning from the Duke University and my colleagues, male and female, in campus to the campus of the Universi- the CSWEP community who are dedi- Marianne Bitler, Kitt Carpenter, John Cawley, ty of California, Santa Barbara. I’ve be- cated to promoting their success. In ad- Professor of Professor of Professor Economics, Economics, of Policy gun my term as CSWEP Chair, and will dition to maintaining and supporting University of Vanderbilt Analysis and be working with the committee’s new the gains of the past few years, I would California, Davis University Management Administrative Assistant, Amber Pipa. like to focus on increasing awareness of and Professor of Economics, Amber is a California native with a de- CSWEP and the resources it provides Cornell gree from UC San Diego and experience to young economists, and in particular University in nonprofit administration and com- would like to reach out to female PhD munity outreach, and I am delighted to students earlier in their graduate ca- have her on board. reers. Our junior mentoring takes place My first order of business is to ex- at the annual meetings of the AEA, and tend my heartfelt thanks to Marjorie only students who are on the job market McElroy, who has spent four years as are able to participate. The liaison net- CSWEP’s primary booster and guide work has improved our ability to con- Julie L. Shelly Lundberg, Jill J. McCluskey, in her role as Chair, and who leaves be- nect with graduate students via email, Hotchkiss, Leonard Broom Distinguished hind a transformed organization. On but I’m sure there is more we could do Research Professor of Professor of Economist and Demography, Sustainability her watch and with the support of the and would welcome your thoughts and Senior Adviser, Department and Associate CSWEP Board, mentoring programs suggestions. Let me know what you Federal Reserve of Economics, Director, School Bank of Atlanta University of of Economic have expanded in scope and frequency, think at [email protected]. California, Santa Sciences, and this momentum continues under Please enjoy and share this issue of Barbara Washington the leadership of Terra McKinnish, As- CSWEP News, which is full of material State University sociate Chair and Director of CSWEP to inform and inspire. Just in time for Mentoring Programs. The development the opening of this year’s job market, of the CSWEP liaison network has in- more than 20 economists share their creased the circulation of the CSWEP advice on how to manage the ever-knot- News, submissions to AEA paper ses- ty issue of dual careers. Marianne Bitler sions and applications to mentor- interviews the winner of the 2015 Caro- ing events. Operations supporting the lyn Shaw Bell Award for advancing the Brooke Robert E. Moore, Melinda Morrill, CSWEP annual survey of economics de- status of women in economics, Janet Helppie McFall, Associate Associate Assistant Professor of Professor of partments are being centralized at the Currie. We encourage you to respond Research Economics, Economics, University of Michigan under Associ- to this issue’s call for nominations for Scientist, Georgia State North Carolina Institute for University State University ate Chair and Director of the CSWEP the Bell Award and the Elaine Bennett Social Research, Survey Margaret Levenstein, and plans Research Prize and consider nominat- University of are underway to transform more than ing your colleagues and mentors. Fi- Michigan 40 years of survey data into a research- nally, don’t miss the excerpt from Myra ready dataset. These accomplishments Strober’s memoir with a first-hand ac- have been facilitated by a substantial in- count of the controversial founding of crease in funding from the American CSWEP more than 40 years ago. Economic Association. Ongoing thanks are due to Jennifer Socey, whose ener- gy and good judgment can be seen be- Thayer Morrill, Marta Murray- Myra Strober, hind this impressive list of accomplish- Associate Close, Assistant Professor Professor of Professor of Emerita, School ments, and who continues to assist with Economics, Economics, of Education, the transmission of human capital from North Carolina University of Stanford NC to CA. State University Massachusetts University Amherst As the academic year begins, I’m looking forward to spending the next couple of years focusing on the young 2 CSWEP NEWS FOCUS on Managing a Job Search as a Couple Shelly Lundberg that they should), which makes the ad- interviews, flyouts and offers are less vice that has been volunteered of even likely to be offered when the expected The job market for new PhD econo- more interest. probability of a successful recruitment mists is competitive and intense, and You will notice that there is a lack of is low. Several of the contributors point the CSWEP Newsletter has devoted a lot consensus on one key dimension of job out, rightly, that belated or incomplete of space over the years to advice on navi- search strategy—when to reveal dual- signaling has potential costs in the form gating the process. Prospective job can- career constraints—and I would like to of missed opportunities and long-term didates should begin by turning back provide some perspective on this point reputations. And yet, no one knows bet- to previous issues, including Navigat- instead of summarizing the excellent ter than you how difficult it is to convey ing the Job Market 2.0, edited by Cecilia material that follows this introduction. a signal that is both truthful and com- Conrad, and Navigating the Job Market First, the issue is one of effective signal- plete, given how little you know about as Dual Career Economists, edited by Ju- ing, not honesty. We do not expect com- what your individual options will be and lie Hotchkiss, who also contributes an plete transparency from job candidates what tradeoffs will be available.
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