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Labor economics A
Hokkaido University
Fall 2014
Yukiko Abe
Hokkaido University, Japan
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Reading: writing and craft of research
in economics
• Read the materials in [1] of “On research,
writing, & publishing” (slide #s 3) and:
– State the points that you find useful or interesting;
explain the reasons briefly.
– State the points that you disagree, and explain
why.
• Length: 3-4 pages, double-spaced, in English
• Due: October 24th 16 pm., by e-mail to
[email protected]
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[1] On research, writing, & publishing
(available in the internet)
• Dixit, A. “My system of work (not!)” Passion and Craft: Economists at Work,
ed. Michael Szenberg, University of Michigan Press, 1998.
– http://www.princeton.edu/~dixitak/home/dixitwrk.pdf
• Fullerton, D. General & Specific guidelines for writing research papers
– http://business.illinois.edu/dfullert/writing-general.pdf
– https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/35757123/writing-specific.pdf
• Moffitt, R. “Getting published in economics journals,” CSWEP newsletter,
Spring 2011
– http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep1/newsletters/CSWEP_nsl
tr_SprSum_2011.pdf
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[2] On research, writing, & publishing
(available in journals)
• Hamermesh, D. (1992) "The Young Economist's
Guide to Professional Etiquette," Journal of
Economic Perspectives, v. 6, iss. 1, pp. 169-79
• Thomson W. (1999) “The Young Person’s Guide
to Writing Economic Theory,” Journal of Economic
Literature, Vol. 37, pp. 157–183, sections 1 & 2
• Hamermesh, D. (2000) “The Craft of
Labormetrics,” Industrial and Labor Relations
Review, Vol. 53, No. 3., pp. 363-380.
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[3] On research, writing, & publishing
(available in books)
• Goldin, C. “The Economist as Detective”
Passion and Craft: Economists at Work, ed.
Michael Szenberg, University of Michigan
Press, 1998
• McCloskey, D. Economical Writing, Second
Edition, Waveland Press, 2000
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Things to note
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Paragraphs and topic sentences
Introduction
Detailed rules of writing
Rewriting!
Read aloud
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Term paper
• Each student must submit a term paper
• Due date for the term paper will be notified
later (close to the end of the semester).
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Presentation & Term paper assignment
• Perform an empirical exercise and write a term
paper. The topic can be anything from labor
economics (discuss with the instructor if you
wish to write something other than labor
economics).
• Try to write simply and clearly: Follow the guides
and tips from the assigned materials.
• During the course, make two presentations, in
order to get feedback.
• Revise the paper by incorporating the comments.
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Those who will be attending the class
• Write an e-mail to the [email protected],
stating that you will be attending the class, by
October 8th, 13 pm.
• Obtain Borjas’s book (earlier edition is OK).
• Read Chapters 2, 3, 4.
• Obtain materials in [1]-[3] above, to the extent you
can.
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The unemployment rate
• [1] What is the level of the unemployment
rate in Japan, in the latest statistics?
• [2] What does it measure?
• [3] How is it measured?
• Five minutes
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Measurement of the Labor Force
Status
• Definitions of labour force measures in the
Labour Force Survey in Japan are available at
the following website:
• http://www.stat.go.jp/data/roudou/pdf/defini
t.pdf
• Borjas, Chapter 2, Section 2-1
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Japan’s case: Labour Force Status of those
aged 15 or over
• Labour force participants
– employed
• Workers
• Workers who are taking leave
– unemployed
• Those who are out of labour force
– Among those who are age 15 or over, who are not
employed and who are not unemployed
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Employed
• The “employed” consists of two types: who worked and who
are employed and out of work.
• Those who worked for pay (wages, salary, benefits, in-house
revenue) for more than 1 hour (1 inclusive), during the survey
week. If a family member of the self-employed worked
without pay for the family business, then she is included as
“employed.”
• Who are employed and out of work: Those who have a job
but did not work at all during the survey week. [1] salary or
wage earners who are supposed to receive salary or wages, or,
[2] the self-employed who holds his business and it is less
than 30 days since he stopped working.
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Unemployed
• Those who do not have job and therefore did not
work during the survey week
• Who are able to work immediately
• During the survey week, either searched for a job
(including the case he was waiting for the results of
the job search activity done before), or were
preparing for starting his own business.
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Labour Force Participation Rate
• Definition
LFPR＝
LF
Population
• Among the population aged 15 or over, what
is the percentage of people who are willing to
work?
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Unemployment rate (definition)
• Definition
Unemp
U
LF
• “Unemp” in the numerator is the number of the
unemployed
• Among the labor force, what is the fraction of
unemployed people?
• This statistic is calculated from the Labour force
survey in Japan (latest statistics??)
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