http://chrisnekarda.com Views expressed on this site are my own and do not reflect the view of the Federal Reserve System or its staff Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:44:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Connor Dougherty discusses a dramatic decline in geographic mobility during 2008 (via Economist's View): U.S. Migration Falls Sharply, by Conor Dougherty, WSJ: Migration around the U.S. slowed to a crawl last year, especially for this decade's boom towns, as a weak housing market and job insecurity forced many Americans to stay put. Demographers ... http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2009/03/cyclicality-of-geographic-mobility/ This post at Liscio Report debunks the claim that methodological changes since the Great Depression have made the unemployment rate artificially lower. Recently several news pieces have made the claim that if the unemployment rate were calculated as it was during the Great Depression, the current rate would be close ... http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2009/03/calculating-the-unemployment-rate/ The final exam review session is Tue, Dec 9 from 6:00-7:50p in 113 Center Hall. I plan to spend the first 20-30 minutes finishing the structured review and then spend the rest of the time answering your questions. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/12/final-exam-review-session-2/ I cannot hold office hours on Tuesday this week. Instead, I will have office hours on Thursday (12/4) from 12:00-2:00p in 103 Marshall College. I will also hold extra office hours during exam week. Remember, Thursday will be an in-class review for the final exam. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/12/change-of-office-hours-and-review-session/ I posted a revised version of my paper on the cyclical bias of geographic mobility, "A Longitudinal Analysis of the Current Population Survey: Assessing the Cyclical Bias of Geographic Mobility." You can download the paper from my research page or directly by clicking on the title. Here is the abstract: This ... http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/11/updated-draft-of-geographic-mobility-paper-posted/ I just noticed that problem set 3 did not post to the course web page on Friday. It is now posted. Solutions will be posted during week 10. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/11/problem-set-3/ I have to move my office hours this week to Thu (11/20) 1:00-3:00p. As always I will be in 103 Marshall College. My office hours will return to their regular time next week. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/11/change-of-office-hours-this-week/ I posted a revised version of my job market, "Understanding Unemployment Dynamics: The Role of Time Aggregation." Here is the abstract: This paper uses weekly data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to estimate the role of time aggregation in measuring gross labor force flows and unemployment dynamics. ... http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/11/updated-job-market-paper-posted/ Revised solutions to problem set 1b are now posted. If you downloaded the solutions prior to 7p today, make sure you download the revised version (econ101-2008f-ps1b-soln1.pdf). Problem set 1c will be posted tomorrow. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/10/problem-set-1b-solutions/ Slides for this week’s lectures on the Heckscher-Ohlin trade model are now posted on the class web page. Or you can get them directly here. Look for problem set 1b later this week. Solutions to problem set 1a will be posted on Thursday. http://chrisnekarda.com/blog/2008/10/lecture-slides-posted-3/