这是一个Econ经济相关的Project代写案例
The purpose of this research project is to allow you to explore an area of interest in the field of economics of race and gender. You have substantial freedom about topic choice and format, but I will give some suggestions below You can choose to either write a 1200 – 1500 word research paper or to do a recorded presentation. I will give more guidance on the format at the end of this document.
You have two options for topic choice:
Option #1: Do a literature review paper about a specific topic related to gender and/or race differences in the economy. This paper must investigate the issue deeply and go far beyond our class discussion.
You may write in response to readings, lectures, class discussions, current events, or any other ideas you might have. Most students will choose to do the literature review option. If you choose this option, you need a clear research question and you will rely on published research to help answer this question. In a literature review you organize, evaluate, identify patterns, and synthesize the literature. Your job is to prioritize what to include and what not to include. You must organize the literature by big ideas and evaluate the research that you are reading. For the literature review option, you need to cite 6+ high quality sources and at least 3 should be from academic journals. Two important points:
- A LITERATURE REVIEW IS NOT AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY! Your paper should be organized by ideas and not one resource at a time.
- Even though you are using published research, follow the normal rules of citations to avoid plagiarizing. In general, you will want to summarize and cite rather than filling your paper with quotations. Read the handout and see me if you have any questions.
You have broad choice about your specific topic. Take this assignment as a chance to explore something that you find interesting. Some ideas that might help you in deciding:
• Pick a subtopic that we only touched on briefly and develop it much more fully.
o For example, the textbook just barely touches on the effect that gender identity and
sexual preference have on labor market experiences. You could take this topic and
develop it much further.
o Lookmoredeeplyattheeffectofmassincarcerationonlaborforceparticipationand/or
family formations
- Take a basic topic that we looked at in-depth but explore a different group or country. For
example you could look at the determinants of female labor force participation in another country (such as Mexico or France), gender and human capital development in another country (such as Ethiopia) or examine the wage gap for a specific group that we did not consider in class (racial minorities in Germany, for example).
- Develop a topic that is related to the course, but we did not cover at all:
o Discrimination in another specific areas besides the labor market: consumer market, financial markets, housing market, education, or law enforcement. (pick one or two)
o In depth analysis of skin-color and discrimination
o Economicsofmarriageandfamilyformationinothermarriagesystems:forexample,
polygamy, or marriage systems that use dowry or bride price.
o Rising opioid abuse and labor force participation by gender and/or race
These are just a few examples. Feel free to explore and choose something that you find interesting.In your paper/presentation make use of economics vocabulary and economics tools from this course. Your paper will be graded mostly on the relevance of your topic, the depth of your analysis, the accurate use of ideas and vocabulary from the course, and logical structure and organization.
Option #2: Use a data set and econometric methods to write a quantitative paper. This would be a good choice if you have some existing data skills and are interested in improving your skills by engaging in a practical project. If you choose this route, please let me know early in case you need assistance.
Some possibilities for this project are:
- Use the regression methods outlined in week 14 to do a labor market study about racial or gender discrimination. To do this need individual data that includes earnings, education, age, sex, race (if relevant), and other variables for individual workers. Data is available for the US from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This type of data is available for many other countries as well.
- Get data about the occupational distribution and calculate the Duncan Index then analyze how it has changed over time.
- Use Duncan index to measure segregation in another area such as housing or education.
As said above, you can choose between writing a paper or doing a recorded presentation. For both formats you must do your own original work. Do not use a paper or presentation that you have submitted to another course. Academic dishonesty will result in a zero with no option to redo the assignment. If you have any questions or doubts about this, please feel free to contact me.
Below I give more specifics about the two formats:
1) Paper
- Minimum 1000 – 1500 word = approx. four to six pages double spaced 12 point font with 1” borders (no penalty for longer papers, I reduced the page length compared to previous semesters)
- Tables, charts, data, images, and citations are not part of the word count.
- You need 6+ resources, at least three of which should be research published in academic
journals. See the end of this document for guidance about how to find sources.
- You can use any of the standard citation methods that you want (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) . I
don’t have a preference about the method you use as long as you are consistent.
- Grade will be primarily about the content of your paper, organization, depth of analysis and the
degree to which you utilize learning from this course in your paper.
2) Recorded Presentation
- You can choose this alternate format if you prefer this to writing a paper. This method is not necessarily easier as your presentation has to be substantive and well put together. I am allowing this method in case some students have creative ideas that cannot easily fit in a paper format.
- Presentation should be about 10-15 minutes. There is no penalty for going over time as long as your presentation is crisp.
- You need 6+ resources, at least three of which should be research published in academic journals. See the end of this document for guidance about how to find sources.
- You can use any of the standard citation methods that you want (APA, MLA, Chicago, etc.) . I don’t have a preference about the method you use as long as you are consistent. Put your citations on the last slide of your presentation.
- Grade will be primarily about the content of your paper, organization, depth of analysis and the degree to which you utilize learning from this course in your paper.
- My suggestion is that you create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation and then do a recorded narration of it. This way we can see your data, images, and explanations as well as your own audio explanation of the topic. It’s likely you would need 10-20 PowerPoint slides to cover the topic completely. The exact number is not very important as long your presentation is clear and offers sufficient depth.
- If you have another idea about doing a recorded presentation or video, please let me know so we can discuss if it will work or not.