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Date: March 21, 2013
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Call for Papers AEA 2014 and Other Announcements
Call for Sessions and Papers for the 2014 AEA Meeting. The deadline for submissions to be considered for the January 2014 AEA Meeting program in Philadelphia is April 1, 2013 for individual papers and April 15, 2013 for complete sessions. See the call at: http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/call_for_papers.php
Econ-Harmony helps prospective submitters of individual papers for the AEA Annual Meeting find others with similar interests who might join them to form a complete session submission, and provides an opportunity to volunteer as a session chair. Thirty-one percent of submitted complete sessions and 12% of submitted individual papers appeared on the 2013 Program. Econ-Harmony is available at http://www.aeaweb.org/econ-harmony/
AEAStat Call for Papers. The AEA Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) will sponsor three sessions on economic measurement at the January 2014 ASSA Meetings. The Committee solicits both individual papers and proposals for sessions of three or four papers. The Committee is interested in receiving submissions in any area of economics, especially topics making use of new and unexplored datasets. One of the sessions organized by the Committee will be published in the AER Papers & Proceedings. Abstracts are due by April 15, 2013 to Robert Feenstra, chair, Committee on Economic Statistics, aea-stat@umich.edu. See also: http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEAStat/call_for_papers.php
CEE Poster Session - Call for Proposals. The Committee on Economic Education will sponsor a poster session at the 2014 ASSA Meetings devoted to active learning strategies across the economics curriculum. Presenters will prepare large visual poster summaries of their work, which are mounted in an exhibition room to allow presenters to speak directly with session attendees. Proposals limited to two pages are due by April 1, 2013. More information is at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/call_for.php
The Committee on Economic Education (CEE) is sponsoring its 3rd annual conference on teaching undergraduate and graduate economics, and research on economic education at all levels (including pre-college). The conference is cosponsored by the Journal of Economic Education. It will be at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown, May 29th – May 31, 2013, with a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Plenary speakers are:
• Steven Levitt, "Thinking Like a Freakonomist in the Classroom"
• John List, "Using Field Experiments to Teaching Economics"
• Derek Neal, "The Market for Learning"
• Dan Sullivan, Director of Research at the Chicago Fed
Concurrent sessions feature research and pedagogy papers, panel discussions, and workshops on teaching economics at the undergraduate and graduate levels. The program and pre-registration are available at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/index.php
CSWEP will hold its national mentoring workshop, CeMENT 2014, immediately following the ASSA meetings in Philadelphia on January 5-7, 2014. The workshop is geared toward female junior faculty in tenure-track positions at PhD granting economics departments in the U.S., or at institutions with similar research expectations. Application and registration material will be available starting July 15, 2013 at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/mentoring/. The deadline for applications is September 20, 2013.
Resources for Economics (RFE), a guide sponsored by the AEA, lists more than 2,000 resources in 97 sections available at http://www.aeaweb.org/rfe/index.php. The guide is built to be of interest to economics students at all levels, as well as to academics, practitioners, and those simply interested in economics.
EconLit for Members is a searchable bibliographic database. Compiled and abstracted in an easily searchable format, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations. It contains all the Econlit records, but does not link to full-text journal articles and books available on library and institutional installations. It is primarily a tool for members who do not enjoy institutional access to EconLit. To find out more go to http://www.aeaweb.org//econlit/efm/index.php
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) is requesting your help on the Producer Price Index (PPI) program. The PPI is surveying current and potential data users in order to improve their datasets. The survey takes only a few minutes and the confidential responses will help the Bureau to better understand their customers and meet their needs. To participate go to https://www.research.net/s/PPIListTA or http://www.bls.gov/ppi.
Date: February 6, 2013
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Member Announcements
Call for Sessions and Papers for the 2014 AEA Meetings. The deadline for submissions to be considered for the January 2014 AEA Meeting program in Philadelphia is April 1, 2013 for individual papers and April 15, 2013 for complete sessions. See the call at: http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_
Econ-Harmony helps prospective submitters of individual papers for the AEA Annual Meeting find others with similar interests who might join them to form a complete session submission, and provides an opportunity to volunteer as a session chair. Thirty-one percent of submitted complete sessions and 12% of submitted individual papers appeared on the 2013 Program. Econ-Harmony is available at http://www.aeaweb.org/econ-
Webcasts are online. Five 2013 Annual Meeting sessions are now available online:
- Sovereign Debt Crises and Policies: History and Future Prospects,
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Health Insurance and Government Mandates: A Session to Honor
Amy Finkelstein, John Bates Clark Medalist for 2012, - Models or Muddles: How the Press Covers Economics and the Economy,
- Reflections on the 100th Anniversary of the Federal Reserve, and
- What Do Economists Think About Major Public Policy Issues?
Go to http://www.aeaweb.org/
The Third Annual AEA Conference on Teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and Research in Economic Education (all levels, including precollege) will be held on May 29-31, 2013 in Chicago, hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education(CEE) in cooperation with the Journal of Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. The conference hotel is the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. The first night will include a tour of the Money Museum and dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Plenary talks will be given by John List, Steven Levitt, Derek Neal, and Dan Sullivan (Director of Research of the Chicago Fed). Conference registration will open February 15, 2013. For more information go to http://www.aeaweb.org/
Nominations for American Economics Journal Best Article Prizes. Suggestions for nominations for "best paper" prizes for each of the four American Economic Journals (i.e., Applied, Micro, Macro, and Policy) are solicited. Awards will be announced in April 2013, selected from articles published in the 2010 - 2012 volumes of each AEJ. Suggest nominations at http://www.aeaweb.org/aej/
CSWEP Call for Papers and Sessions. The AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) will sponsor sessions at the 2014 ASSA Meetings in Philadelphia. The Committee will organize three sessions on gender-related topics and three sessions on econometrics topics. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in the AER Papers & Proceedings. Abstracts of individual papers and complete session proposals will be considered. E-mail a cover letter (specifying to which set of sessions the paper is being submitted) and a copy of a one- to two-page abstract (250–1000 words), clearly labeled with the paper title and the names, affiliations, and contact information of all authors by March 1, 2013 to cswep@econ.duke.edu.
AEAStat Call for Papers. The AEA Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) will sponsor three sessions on economic measurement at the January 2014 ASSA Meetings. The Committee solicits both individual papers and proposals for sessions of three or four papers. The Committee is interested in receiving submissions in any area of economics, especially topics making use of new and unexplored datasets. One of the sessions organized by the Committee will be published in the AER Papers & Proceedings. Abstracts are due by April 15, 2013 to Robert Feenstra, chair, Committee on Economic Statistics, aea-stat@umich.edu. See also: http://www.aeaweb.org/
CEE Poster Session - Call for Proposals. The Committee on Economic Education will sponsor a poster session at the 2014 ASSA Meetings devoted to active learning strategies across the economics curriculum. Presenters will prepare large visual poster summaries of their work, which are mounted in an exhibition room to allow presenters to talk directly with session attendees. Proposals limited to two pages are due by April 1, 2013. More information is at http://www.aeaweb.org/
Retired faculty available for part-time or temporary teaching. JOE now lists retired economists interested in teaching on either a part-time or temporary basis. Individuals can add or delete their name any time. Listings are deleted on November 30; the service is closed during December and January, re-opening February 1. Register at http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/
Publication updates on Twitter. Want to see forthcoming article previews as soon as they are available for the American Economic Review, American Economic Journals, and the Journal of Economic Literature? Follow us on Twitter!
Date: November 13, 2012
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Annual Meeting and Other Announcements
The AEA Annual Meeting registration discount deadline is December 3, 2012. The fee for registration will then increase from $65 to $125. We are adding additional hotels. Check the website for hotel availability updates at http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php or follow us on Twitter and get all our updates sent to you.
The preliminary program of the ASSA annual meeting in San Diego, January 4-6, 2013 is available at http://www.aeaweb.org/aea/2013conference/program/preliminary.php
AEA Continuing Education Program; January 6-8, 2013 at the Westin, San Diego, immediately after the annual meeting. The topics are:
- Labor Economics (Jesse Rothstein, University of California-Berkeley, and Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University)
- Public Finance (Alan Auerbach, University of California-Berkeley, and James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Time Series Econometrics (Giorgio Primiceri, Northwestern University, and Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania)
Individuals attending the Continuing Education Program should book their ASSA reservation at the Westin. Registration information at http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php
Custom App for the ASSA Meeting. Get your smartphones and tablets ready for the 2013 ASSA event! We will be offering a cool mobile app for you to customize your meeting experience. The all-in-one app allows you to create your schedule in advance, locate your meeting room on a map, browse paper abstracts, take session notes, and more. Look for more details as we get closer to the ASSA meeting.
Nominations for American Economic Journals' Best Paper Prizes. Suggestions for nominations for the annual "Best Paper" prizes for the AEA's four American Economic Journals are solicited now. The awards will be announced in April 2013, selected from articles published in the 2010 through 2012 volumes of each AEJ. To make suggestions go to http://www.aeaweb.org/aej/bestpapernominations.php. Deadline is February 15, 2013.
The Third Annual AEA Conference on Teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and Research in Economic Education (all levels, including precollege) will be held May 29-31, 2013 at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. The conference is hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education in cooperation with the Journal of Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Plenary talks will be given by John List, Steven Levitt, and Derek Neal of the University of Chicago. The Bank will host a dinner for participants.
Submissions will be accepted via the AEA online submission system. Submissions may be of individual papers, complete sessions of three or four papers, workshops, or panels. Submissions of completed sessions are especially encouraged. The submission deadline is December 15, 2012. More information is available at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/index.php. For past CEE conference presentations, programs and schedules of events see http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/Conference/past_conf.php. Questions about submissions should be sent to Tisha Emerson at Tisha_Nakao@baylor.edu.
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Request for Suggestions for Editor Search Committee. The American Economic Association will appoint a new Editor of the Journal of Economic Literature to begin in July 2013. Suggestions for the new Editor are solicited. Please send them to Anil Kashyap, the chair of the search committee jelsearch@aeaweb.org, by October 5, 2012.
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: Peter L. Rousseau, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: Annual Meeting Registration and Other Announcements (August)
Registration and Housing for the ASSA Meetings, January 4-6, 2013 in San Diego opens September 12th. Headquarters is the Manchester Grand Hyatt. Job Placement interview tables are in the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina. The Continuing Education Program is located in the Westin San Diego. To see the preliminary program and to register click on http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php. Follow us on Twitter @ASSAMeeting. Twitter will announce last-minute changes before and during the meetings. Send questions to assa@vanderbilt.edu or 615-322-3509.
AEA Continuing Education Program; January 6-8, 2013 at the Westin, San Diego, immediately after the annual meeting. The topics are:
- Labor Economics (Jesse Rothstein, University of California-Berkeley, and Lowell Taylor, Carnegie Mellon University)
- Public Finance (Alan Auerbach, University of California-Berkeley, and James Poterba, Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
- Time Series Econometrics (Giorgio Primiceri, Northwestern University, and Frank Schorfheide, University of Pennsylvania)
Individuals attending the Continuing Education Program should book their ASSA reservation at the Westin. Registration opens on September 12th. See: http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php
The Third Annual AEA Conference on Teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and Research in Economic Education (all levels, including precollege) will be held May 29-31, 2013 at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. The conference is hosted by the AEA Committee on Economic Education in cooperation with the Journal of Economic Education and the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. Plenary talks will be given by John List, Steven Levitt, and Derek Neal. The Bank will host a dinner for participants.
Submissions will be accepted via the AEA online submission system. Submissions may be of individual papers, complete sessions of three or four papers, workshops, or panels. We especially encourage submissions of completed sessions. The submission deadline is December 15, 2012. More information is available at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/index.php. For past CEE conference presentations, programs and schedules of events see http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/Conference/past_conf.php. Questions about submissions should be sent to Tisha Emerson at Tisha_Nakao@baylor.edu.
The Journal of Economic Perspectives (JEP) is celebrating 25 years of publication. All issues of the JEP (1987 - present) are now publicly accessible online at no charge, compliments of the AEA. Kindle and other e-reader versions of the JEP are now available free at http://www.aeaweb.org/jep/mobile.php or, for instant wireless delivery, purchase the JEP at the Kindle Store or at Barnes and Noble.
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: John J. Siegfried, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: February Announcements
Call for Papers for the 2013 AEA Meetings. The deadline for submissions to be considered for the January 2013 AEA Meeting program is April 1, 2012 for individual papers and April 15, 2012 for complete sessions. See: http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/call_for_papers.php.
Econ-Harmony helps prospective AEA Annual Meetings individual paper submitters find others with similar interests who might join them to form a complete session submission, and provides an opportunity to volunteer as a session chair. Thirty-one percent of submitted complete sessions and 16% of submitted individual papers made it onto the 2012 Program; 39% of submitted complete sessions and 17 % of submitted individual papers made it onto the 2011 Program. Econ-Harmony is at http://www.aeaweb.org/econ-harmony/.
Music Night 2013 in San Diego. The AEA is organizing several small performance groups for an evening of diverse music at the 2013 ASSA meetings in San Diego. We envision participants, who are primarily economists, from several broad genres. Examples include: Jazz; Latin (Samba/Bossanova/ Mambo/Bolero); Bluegrass/Country; Blues. The goal is a relaxed atmosphere and ample opportunity for conversation, implying the music will involve no loud amplification and no vocals.
To be considered, send by April 15: (1) Audio links to your music and, preferably, a video link as well (e.g., YouTube upload); (2) A list of venues and approximate dates (clubs, restaurants, etc.) where you have played, and contact information (e.g., web url) for the venue; (3) An approximate list of the songs you would play, adding up to roughly 30 minutes of instrumental music. Use the following address: music_night_2013@aeaweb.org. No attachments please – just send links to your audio/video files.
A committee of economist musicians who have played at the ASSA meetings will consider the submissions and present proposals for participation to those selected by May 1. The intent is to identify participants by music type and levels of proficiency, and later make connections among the standouts in each individual style so they can form a session as part of the evening’s program.
Webcasts are online. Four 2012 Annual Meeting sessions are available to Association members online: "The Euro: Challenges to Improve a Currency Union," "The Political Economy of U.S. Debt and Deficits," "Markets with Frictions" and "What Happened to the U.S. Employment Miracle?" Your AEAweb user ID and password provide access at http://www.aeaweb.org/webcasts/. Webcasts from 2009 through 2011 and Continuing Education Programs are available for members at the same website.
Retired Faculty Available for part-time or temporary teaching. JOE now lists retired economists interested in teaching on either a part-time or temporary basis at http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/available_faculty/. Individuals can add or delete their name any time. Listings are deleted on November 30; the service is closed during December and January, re-opening February 12.
2012 Summer Training Program and the AEA Minority Scholarships. The University of New Mexico (UNM) hosts the 2012 AEA Summer Training and Minority Scholarship Program. The six-week program runs from June 17 through July 28 on the Albuquerque UNM campus. The Program provides undergraduates with study and research opportunities that prepare them with a better understanding of what doctoral level study of economics entails. Additional information, application, and nomination information is at http://healthpolicy.unm.edu or email center@unm.edu
CEE Poster Session - Call for Proposals. The Committee on Economic Education will sponsor a poster session at the 2013 ASSA Annual Meeting in San Diego devoted to active learning strategies across the economics curriculum. Presenters will prepare large visual poster summaries of their work, which are mounted in an exhibition room to allow presenters to talk directly with session visitors. Proposals limited to two pages are due by April 1, 2012. More information is at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/call_for.php
AEAStat Call for Papers. The AEA Committee on Economic Statistics (AEAStat) will sponsor three sessions on economic measurement at the January 2013 Annual Meeting in San Diego. The Committee solicits both individual paper and complete sessions proposals concerning any economic measurement issue. One of the sessions organized by the Committee will be published in the AER Papers & Proceedings. Abstracts are due by April 17, 2012 to Robert Feenstra, chair, Committee on Economic Statistics, aea-stat@umich.edu. See also: http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEAStat/index.php.
CSWEP Call for Papers/sessions. The AEA Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) will sponsor six sessions at the January 2013 Annual Meetings in San Diego. Three sessions are on gender-related topics and three sessions are on health economics topics. Accepted papers will be considered for publication in the Papers & Proceedings issue of the American Economic Review. Individual papers and complete session proposals will be considered. E-mail a cover letter (specifying to which set of sessions the paper is being submitted) and a 1 -2 page abstract (250-1000 words), with the paper title, author(s) name(s) and contact information for all authors to CSWEP@econ.duke.edu by February 17, 2012.
Nominations for American Economics Journal Best Article Prizes. Suggestions for nominations for "best paper" prizes for each of the American Economic Journals are solicited. Awards will be announced in April 2012, selected from articles published in the 2009 - 2011 volumes of each AEJ. Suggest nominations at http://www.aeaweb.org/aej/bestpapernominations.php by February 17, 2012.
Discussion Forums: AEA members can participate in online discussion forums about articles published in AEJ: Applied Economics, AEJ: Economic Policy, AEJ: Macroeconomics, AEJ: Microeconomics, and the Journal of Economic Perspectives. Members can comment about a particular article and post links to relevant published papers, datasets, Power Point presentations, etc. Each article has its own discussion forum. To comment, go to the article page for the paper and select "Post a Comment on This Article". To read comments, go to the articles page for a paper and select "View Comments on This Article."
Publication updates on Twitter. Want to see forthcoming article previews as soon as they are available for the American Economic Review, American Economic Journals, and the Journal of Economic Literature? Follow us on Twitter!
Download journals. Complete issues of AEA journals (beginning with 2012) are available for download in PDF format. Issues of the AEJs, AER, and JEL are available for AEA members as a member benefit; issues of JEP are publicly accessible at no charge. Enjoy the convenience of browsing AEA journals on your laptop or mobile devices. http://www.aeaweb.org/full_issue.php
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: John J. Siegfried, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: November Announcements
The AEA Annual Meeting registration deadline is December 1. Check AEA's website for hotel availability updates here.
The preliminary program of the ASSA annual meeting in Chicago, IL. 2012 is available online.
AEA Continuing Education Program; January 8-10, 2012 in Chicago, immediately after the annual meeting. The topics are:
- Cross-section Econometrics (Guido Imbens, Harvard University, and Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University)
- International Economics (Gene Grossman, Princeton University, and Gita Gopinath, Harvard University)
- Advanced Interactive Teaching Methods in Economics (Patrick Conway, University of North Carolina; Tisha Emerson, Baylor University; KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond; Michael Salemi, University of North Carolina; and William Walstad, University of Nebraska) [This program ends late on January 9.]
The 2012 program will be held at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. Individuals attending the Continuing Education Program should book their ASSA reservation at the Renaissance.
Nominations for American Economic Journals' Best Paper Prizes. Suggestions for nominations for the annual "Best Paper" prizes for the AEA's four American Economic Journals are solicited. The awards will be announced in April 2012, selected from articles published in the 2009 through 2011 volumes of each AEJ. To suggest nominations go here. Deadline is February 15, 2012.
The Committee on Economic Education (CEE) announces its 2nd annual conference on teaching undergraduate and graduate economics, and research on economic education at all levels (including precollege). The conference, cosponsored by the Journal of Economic Education, will be at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Boston, May 30th - June 1, 2012, with a dinner at the Boston FED. Plenary speakers include:
- Daron Acemoglu, "Incorporating Long-run Economic Development into the Undergraduate Economics Curriculum"
- Susan Athey, "Economics Education for the Internet Age: Design, Analysis, and Experimentation in Large-Scale Online Marketplaces"
- Peter Diamond, "Unemployment, Vacancies, Wages"
- Jeff Fuhrer, "Monetary Policy in the Wake of the Great Recession"
- Greg Mankiw, "Recent Challenges Facing Monetary and Fiscal Policy, and What They Mean for What We Teach"
Concurrent sessions will also be scheduled, featuring research and pedagogy papers, panel discussions, and workshops on teaching economics at the college level (undergraduate and graduate). See Call for Papers. Deadline is December 1, 2011.
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: John J. Siegfried, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: September Announcements
Registration and Housing for the ASSA Meetings, January 6-8, 2012 in Chicago opens September 13th. Headquarters is the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Job Placement interview tables are in the Palmer House Hilton. The Continuing Education Program is located in the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. To see the preliminary program and to register click on http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting/index.php. Follow us on Twitter @ASSAMeeting. Twitter will announce last-minute changes before and during the meetings. Send questions to assa@vanderbilt.edu or 615-322-3509.
AEA Continuing Education Program;January 8-10, 2012 in Chicago, immediately after the annual meeting. The topics are:
- Cross-section Econometrics (Guido Imbens, Harvard University, and Jeffrey Wooldridge, Michigan State University)
- International Economics (Gene Grossman, Princeton University, and Gita Gopinath, Harvard University)
- Advanced Interactive Teaching Methods in Economics (Patrick Conway, University of North Carolina; Tisha Emerson, Baylor University; KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond; Michael Salemi, University of North Carolina; and William Walstad, University of Nebraska)
The 2012 program will be held at the Renaissance Chicago Downtown. Individuals attending the Continuing Education Program should book their ASSA reservation at the Renaissance. Registration opens on September 13th. See: http://www.vanderbilt.edu/AEA/Annual_Meeting/index.htm
The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) is accepting applications for the 2012 CSWEP Mentoring (CeMENT) National Workshop, held immediately after the ASSA meetings in Chicago, on January 8-10, 2012. This workshop is aimed at junior faculty at institutions where promotion is based primarily on research output. It addresses the unique challenges that women face at the beginning of their careers. Application deadline is October 1, 2011. To learn more and apply go to http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/mentoring/index.php.
The Second Annual National Conference on Teaching Economics (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and Research in Economic Education (all levels, including precollege) will be held May 30 to June 1, 2012 in Boston, hosted by the Committee on Economic Education, in cooperation with the Journal of Economic Education. The conference is at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, with a dinner at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. The call for papers, posters, and other presentation formats in concurrent sessions is at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/CallFor/Call_for_Papers_2012_Boston.pdf.
Send submissions to KimMarie McGoldrick, University of Richmond, kmcgoldr@richmond.edu by December 1, 2011. More information is at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/index.php.
Reference Letters for Job Candidates. In order to better coordinate the transmission of job application materials from economics job candidates to prospective employers, the Association encourages both job candidates and employers to use EconJobMarket.org, a not-for-profit organization that collects economics job application materials centrally and transmits them to designated employers, or a similar centralized application transmission service. The goals are to reduce the time required of reference letter writers who are often asked to tediously submit information to individual employer web sites, and also to transmit the information to prospective employers electronically so that they can conduct more efficient job searches.
Advertising Requirements for Academic Jobs Filled by Foreign Nationals. The US Department of Labor has issued new guidelines regarding the use of electronic publications to advertise for academic jobs that are filled by foreign nationals who seek permanent visa status in the US. After many years of requiring print advertisements, freely available electronic-only publications now satisfy the job advertisement requirement.
The new language can be found at: http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/news.cfm.
See also http://www.foreignlaborcert.doleta.gov/faqsanswers.cfm#Perm_Program and look under the heading "COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY TEACHERS -- RECRUITMENT."
If you are responsible for faculty recruitment, you may want to copy and retain these advisories.
American Economic Association (AEA) 2012 Summer Training Program and Minority Scholarships. After a one year hiatus, the AEA's Summer Program resumes in 2012, hosted by the Department of Economics and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Center for Health Policy at the University of New Mexico. The Program will be held from June 17 through July 28 on the Albuquerque UNM campus. It provides undergraduate students with instruction and research opportunities to enable them to better understand what studying for a Ph.D. in Economics entails. It includes courses in economic theory, mathematics, and econometrics as well as research seminars intended to acquaint students with economic concepts and issues. The Program is open to all qualified students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or gender. Minority fellowships are open to qualified U.S. citizens and permanent residents, with preference for members of historically disadvantaged racial or ethnic minority groups. Additional information, and application and nomination information is at http://healthpolicy.unm.edu. Send inquiries to center@unm.edu.
To: Members of the American Economic Association
From: John J. Siegfried, Secretary-Treasurer
Subject: August Announcements
ASSA Meetings, January 6-8, Chicago, Illinois. Current plans are to open registration and hotel bookings for the ASSA meetings on September 13th. See http://www.aeaweb.org/Annual_Meeting.
Job Openings for Economists has been published only electronically for the past decade. Starting with the August 2011 issue, the Association resumes publishing JOE in print format, in order to ensure compliance with Department of Labor regulations for obtaining work visas for non-citizen economists. Print issues will be distributed via the U.S. Postal System two to three weeks after they are published electronically. Annual subscriptions will run from August through the following June of each year, and are $50 each. To subscribe go to http://www.aeaweb.org/joe/subscribe/. Single issues are available for $45 each.
The AEA Continuing Education Program will feature three concurrent programs on January 8, 9, and 10, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois: Cross-section econometrics (Guido Imbens and Jeffrey Wooldridge); International Economics (Gene Grossman and Gita Gopinath); and Advanced Interactive Teaching Methods in Economics (Patrick Conway, Tisha Emerson, KimMarie McGoldrick, Michael Salemi, and William Walstad).
AEA Government Relations Committee has published an electronic announcement which includes: over fifty white papers written for NSF by economists on grand challenge research questions; new research funding opportunities at NSF, Census, USDA and NIH; and free webinars on the Census Research Data Centers and the American Community Survey. To sign up for future announcements or to read the current announcement see http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/Govt_Relations/index.php.
The Committee on Economic Education (CEE) announces its 2nd annual conference on teaching undergraduate and graduate economics, and research on economic education at all levels (including precollege). The conference, cosponsored by the Journal of Economic Education, will be at the Royal Sonesta Hotel in Boston, May 30th - June 1, 2012, with a dinner at the Boston FED. Plenary speakers include:
· Susan Athey, "Economics Education for the Internet Age: Design, Analysis, and Experimentation in Large-Scale Online Marketplaces"
· Peter Diamond, "Unemployment, Vacancies, Wages"
· Greg Mankiw, "Recent Challenges Facing Monetary and Fiscal Policy, and What They Mean for What We Teach"
Concurrent sessions will also be scheduled, featuring research and pedagogy papers, panel discussions, and workshops on teaching economics at the college level (undergraduate and graduate). See Call for Papers at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/AEACEE/Conference/index.php. Deadline is December 1, 2011.
The Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession (CSWEP) seeks nominations for the 2011 Carolyn Shaw Bell Award, given annually to an individual who has furthered the status of women in the economics profession, through example, achievements, increasing our understanding of how women can advance in the economics profession, or mentoring others. Submit a nomination letter, current CV and at least two supporting letters by September 15, 2011. More information, including past winners, is at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/awards/.
Junior Faculty Mentoring Workshops. CSWEP will hold a National CeMENT workshop in conjunction with the ASSA meetings in Chicago, 2012, aimed at mentoring junior faculty at institutions where promotion is based primarily on research productivity, with a focus on addressing the unique challenges that women face at the beginning of their careers. Application materials at http://www.aeaweb.org/committees/cswep/mentoring/; deadline is October 1, 2011.
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
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