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Research Careers Life-Long Interest in Public Policy Newsletter of the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Spring/Summer 2006 Published three times annually by the American Economic Association’s Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession Board Member Biography In Memoriam Nancy L. Rose CONTENTS Carolyn Shaw Bell Nancy L. Rose Biography: 1, 12 (1920-2006) The path that led me to Donna Ginther Biography: 1, 13 become a professor of eco- CSWEP is saddened to report the death of Top Ten Tips: 1, 15 nomics at MIT is paved by Carolyn Shaw Bell, CSWEP’s fi rst chair, luck, labor, and love. High on May 13, 2006. This newsletter is dedi- Q&A with Claudia Goldin: 1, 14–15 school debate awakened a cated to Carolyn’s memory. Her impact on Feature Articles: Research Careers life-long interest in public policy. Through the advancement of women in the economics Outside of Academics: 3–11 much of my undergraduate experience at profession is far-reaching and ongoing. For CSWEP Sessions at the Eastern Economic Harvard, I assumed that being interested insight into her many contributions see the Association Meetings: 16 in policy issues meant a government ma- Winter 2005 and Fall 1993 CSWEP newslet- jor, law school, and ultimately Washington, CSWEP Sessions at the Midwest Economic ters at www.cswep.org/newsletters.htm Association Meetings: 16 D.C. Sampling an industrial organization course with Richard Caves, who was a fab- Southern Economic Association Annual ulous professor, led to a “minor” diversion. TOP TEN TIPS Meeting CSWEP Sessions: 17 By the time I added courses on regulatory FOR JR. FACULTY ON Western Economic Association Annual economics and econometrics, I was hooked! JUMPSTARTING YOUR Meeting CSWEP Sessions: 17 In economics I found the rigorous analytic Call for Papers: 18 frameworks needed to evaluate policy alter- Announcements: 18–19 natives—crucial in the fast-changing world CAREER Upcoming Regional Meetings: back cover continued on page 12 —by Daniel S. Hamermesh, University of Texas at Austin Board Member Biography 1. Send your thesis and post-thesis articles Donna Ginther off to journals quickly. It takes on average more than 18 months from submission to fi - Life as a Peripatetic Introduction to Symposium on continued on page 15 Economist Research Careers Outside of I have benefi ted from an Academia unconventional education Q&A and career path as an economist. I started 3 Introduction by Katharine G. college at Marquette University as a com- with Claudia Goldin Abraham munications major with a vague interest in —by Sharon Oster 4 Working as a Research Economist a political career. I took macroeconomics at the RAND Corporation by Julie my second semester, and it was the most Claudia Goldin is the Henry DaVanzo diffi cult class I had ever encountered. I was Lee Professor of Economics fascinated by the complexity and challenge at Harvard University, and is the 2005 recipi- 6 Working as a Research Economist of economics and how the course material ent of the Carolyn Shaw Bell Award. at the UpJohn Institute by Susan N. Houseman related to the real world. During my sopho- Can you tell us about your early experiences more year of college, I left Marquette to live 8 Working as a Research Economist in Washington, D.C. and work on Capitol in Economics as a beginning undergraduate at the Federal Reserve Bank of Hill while taking evening courses. Seeing and what led you to decide to go to graduate Philadelphia by Loretta J. Mester the political process fi rst-hand, I realized that school in Economics? 8 Working as a Research Economist politicians spend most of their time squab- Until my college years the only career I con- at the Bureau of Labor Statistics by bling over the allocation of scarce resources. sidered was as a scientist. I had the good Anne E. Polivka To understand how the world works, I deter- fortune to go to the Bronx High School of mined that I must understand economics. I Science and to attend a high school sum- continued on page 13 continued on page 14 DIRECTORY OF CSWEP BOARD MEMBERS From the Chair Lisa Lynch, Chair 204 Social Sciences Fletcher School of Law and 1156 High Street Diplomacy Santa Cruz, CA 95064 Tufts University (831) 459-3596 160 Packard Avenue [email protected] Medford, MA 02155 The fourth regional mentoring workshop of [email protected] Anna Paulson CEMENT, our National Science Foundation Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago funded project, was held in conjunction with Joan G. Haworth, Membership- 230 South LaSalle Street Chair Chicago, IL 60604-1412 the Midwest Economic Association meetings th th ERS Group [email protected] on March 26 and 27 , 2006. We had nineteen 4901 Tower Court participants who were matched by teaching and Karine S. Moe Tallahassee, FL 32303 research interests to groups and mentors. I would like to thank all those in- (850) 562-1211 Macalester College FAX (850) 562-3838 1600 Grand Avenue volved in this workshop especially the workshop coordinator KimMarie [email protected] St. Paul, MN 55105 McGoldrick (University of Richmond), Rachel Connolly (Bowdoin (651) 696-6793 College), Kelly Noonan (Rider University), Catherine Kling (Iowa State FAX (651) 696-6746 Katharine G. Abraham University), Jill McCluskey (Washington State University), Jenny Minier University of Maryland [email protected] 1218 LeFrak Hall (University of Kentucky), Martha Starr (American University), Lynne Pepall College Park, MD 20742 Sharon Oster (Tufts University) and William E. Becker (Editor of Journal of Economic (301) 405-1004 Yale University School of Education). Many thanks as well to John Siegfried and the American Management FAX (301) 314-7912 Economics Association for their continued support and assistance on this [email protected] 135 Prospect Street Box 208200 project. We expect to be able to sponsor at least one more workshop. For up- Rachel Croson New Haven, CT 06520 dates please check our website www.cswep.org. OPIM: The Wharton School (203) 432-5969 I would like to alert you to our plans for the CSWEP sponsored ses- [email protected] University of Pennsylvania sions in Chicago, IL in January 2007. This will be a special year since we Philadelphia, PA 19104-6366 (215) 898-3025 Ann Owen will be celebrating 35 years of CSWEP activities. At Chicago we will have FAX (215) 898-3664 Economics Department four gender-related sessions including “Getting Ahead: The Determinants [email protected] Hamilton College of Professional Success,” “Issues in Family/Household Decision Making,” Clinton, NY 13323 “Understanding the Gender Gap in Wages” and “Gender Implications of Donna Ginther (315) 859-4419 Department of Economics [email protected] Social Welfare Policy Choices.” In addition, we will have one session on University of Kansas “Long Run Growth” and we will sponsor a panel discussion entitled “Looking Summerfi eld Hall Nancy Rose Massachusetts Institute of Down the Pipeline: Female Economists in the Making.” We hope to see you Lawrence, KS 66045-7585 in Chicago and join in the 35th anniversary celebrations! [email protected] Technology Department of Economics Planning ahead, remember to submit your abstracts to CSWEP if you Gail Hoyt MIT Room E52-371B would like to be considered for the 2008 ASSA meetings in New Orleans. University of Kentucky Cambridge MA 02139 We are sponsoring three gender-related sessions and three non-gender related 335D Gatton Business & (617) 253-8956 Economics Bldg. FAX (617) 253-1330 sessions on development economics. Please e-mail a cover letter (specifying Lexington, KY 40506-0034 [email protected] to which set of sessions the paper is being submitted) and a copy of a one- to (606) 257-2517 two-page abstract (250–1000 words), clearly labeled with the paper title, au- Richard Startz FAX (606) 323-1920 thors’ names and contact information for all the authors by January 12, 2007 [email protected] Department of Economics University of Washington to [email protected]. Lori Kletzer Box 353330 I also want to remind you about the Joan Haworth Mentoring Fund, a Department of Economics Seattle, WA 98195-3330 program that supports the professional advancement of women economists [email protected] University of California, Santa Cruz by providing funds for senior women to engage directly in the professional development of junior women. Further information is provided at http:// www.cswep.org/mentoring/MentoringFund.htm. What is CSWEP? Finally, CSWEP wants to hear from you. I encourage you to send me CSWEP (the Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics announcements of grants received, promotions and/or tenure decisions, and Profession) is a standing committee of the AEA (American Economics Association). It was founded in 1971 to monitor the position of wom- new appointments so that we can put them in our brag box. You can email en in the economics profession and to undertake activities to improve them to me at [email protected]. that position. Our thrice yearly newsletters are one of those activi- ties. See our website at www.cswep.org for more information on what —Lisa M. Lynch we are doing. CSWEP NEWSLETTER STAFF Lisa Lynch, Editor Katharine Abraham, Co-editor Anne Hurst, Assistant Editor Karine Moe, Oversight Editor Larry Clarkberg, Graphic Designer 2 CSWEP Newsletter Spring/Summer 2006 Feature Articles Introduction to Symposium on Research Careers Outside of Academia —Introduction by Katharine G. Abraham s demonstrated by the experiences of this issue’s symposium contributors, it is entirely possible to pursue a successful research career outside of academia! Each of the four authors has spent most Aof her work life in a nonacademic job—Julie DaVanzo at the RAND Corporation, Susan Houseman at the Upjohn Institute, Loretta Mester at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and Anne Polivka at the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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