~/econ221/
Introduction
Below is a list of resources you might find useful to navigate graduate school. Many of the resources below I first encountered in this list, which has much more.
Paul Graham. “Maker’s Schedule, Manager’s Schedule.” html
Axel Leijonhufvud, “Life Among the Econ,” Economic Inquiry 11, no. 3 (September 1, 1973): 327–37. pdf / html
Researching
Hal Varian, “How to Build an Economic Model in Your Spare Time”, 1997. pdf
Ariel Rubinstein, “10 Q&A: Experienced Advice for “Lost” Graduate Students in Economics". pdf
Steve Pischke, “How to get started on research in economics?”, 2012. pdf
Amy Finkelstein, “An unofficial guide to trying to do empirical work”, 2017. ppt
Writing
Claudia Goldin and Lawrence Katz, “The Ten Most Important Rules of Writing Your Job Market Paper.” pdf
John Cochrane, “Writing Tips.” pdf
David Levine, “David Levine’s Cheap Advice for Writing a Dissertation” html
Coding
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro, “Code and Data for the Social Sciences: A Practitioner’s Guide”. html
Michael Ernst, “Version control concepts and best practices.” html
Benjamin S. Skrainka, “Enhance Your Productivity and Software Quality with Techniques from Silicon Valley.” pdf
Presenting
Adam Guren, “How To Give a Lunch Talk”. pdf
Jesse Shapiro, “How to give an applied micro talk.” (applies equally well for applied macro talks) pdf
David Levine, “David Levine’s Cheap Advice for Presenting Results.” html
Tim Kehoe, “Tips on Preparing for the Workshop”, May 2001. pdf
Goldstein and Evans, “Making a short presentation based on your research: 11 tips”, 2016. html
Matthew O. Jackson, “Notes on Presenting a Paper”, Fall 1998. pdf
Other
Isaiah Berlin, “The Hedgehog and the Fox”, 1953. pdf
R Graphics Cookbook, 2nd edition. html
Novartis, “Graphics Principles - Cheat Sheet V1.0.” pdf
Hal R. Varian, “Big Data: New Tricks for Econometrics,” Journal of Economic Perspectives 28, no. 2 (May 2014): 3–28. pdf / html