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Minnesota Candidates 2018
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Not a single Econometrics candidate.
Where have you been hiding last 10 years? Check the past placements, this has been so for a long time.
UMN Econ is a weird place, they are very strong in some fields (macro and empirical IO) while some other fields (mainly econometrics) are totally nonexistent. I don't know the situation now, but 4-5 years ago grad econometrics course was not a part of core first year curriculum, it was elective. As a result, they did not have a metrics preliminary exam as well, they had only macro and micro exams. Elective grad metrics course was given by Petrin. He is normally an IO guy, but also he is the only UMN faculty who has some idea about econometrics.
UMN econ are very good in the fields they care for (like macro) but metrics is not something they care about. In the past 5 years or longer they have not trained a single metrics candidate and I guess this will go on in the foreseeable future. That doesn't mean they could success if they tried to. When your single econometrician is actually an IO economist, you simply can't train econometricians even if you want.
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We are proud of the research contributions that our past graduates have made in Economics and expect that this year’s group will continue that tradition. We push them hard here, and they respond.
Our students already have extensive teaching experience. Minnesota students in the later years of their program are typically supported by teaching assistantships that give them full responsibility for selected undergraduate courses. Foreign students are first required to demonstrate fluency in spoken English. All students are given classroom critiques as well as other assistance in developing teaching expertise. As a result, each student enters the job market with a full repertoire of notes and techniques for undergraduate economics teaching.
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Why do so few, of even those who exceeded 5 years in the program, have any publications?
We are proud of the research contributions that our past graduates have made in Economics and expect that this year’s group will continue that tradition. We push them hard here, and they respond.
Our students already have extensive teaching experience. Minnesota students in the later years of their program are typically supported by teaching assistantships that give them full responsibility for selected undergraduate courses. Foreign students are first required to demonstrate fluency in spoken English. All students are given classroom critiques as well as other assistance in developing teaching expertise. As a result, each student enters the job market with a full repertoire of notes and techniques for undergraduate economics teaching.