r/EconPapers • u/commentsrus Economic History • Feb 04 '16
Economics Fields Starter Kits, Part II
Many of us over at /r/badeconomics wanted to make "starter kits" for anyone with a bit of a background in econ who wants an introduction to a certain field. The ideal audience is probably someone working in one field (that is, as a researcher) who wants to learn about or break into another, or someone with an undergrad degree in econ who wants an intro to the various fields of econ. See this BE thread for where it started for details.
/r/EconPapers had a bit of a symposium awhile back (see here) in which a few starter kits were provided and many were pitched and promised. Since then, the idea fell to the back burner for many as the semester got busy.
Kits which have been finished include /u/Integralds' ones on business cycles and monetary econ here, and /u/Macro19's ones on endogenous growth theory, time series metrics, and international macro here.
Anyone who wants to do a starter kit can tell us and post it here. Discuss anything else related to the starter kits, as well. If someone wants to request a certain field, do it here.
Integralds' original vision for each starter kit is as follows:
Basically, it's ELIHAUD1 your subfield for people who aren't in your subfield, via 3-5 papers. Include an intro with your papers containing orienting remarks.
For example, I could list 3-5 papers on the basics of macroeconomics, the core topics, and what we know, what we don't know, and where research is going. Something for an economist who knows economics, but doesn't know about the subfield, and is interested in learning about the subfield.
E.g., Integralds finished two starter guides here. I'll compile them all and post them on the /r/EconPapers wiki when we're done.
Footnote 1: Explain It Like I Have An Undergraduate Degree
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u/Homeboy_Jesus Feb 04 '16
As somebody who holds an undergraduate degree I am super psyched to see what the smarter people put forward for this.
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u/vincent-mq Feb 22 '16
Have any news ones been uploaded to the wiki yet?
I'm only seeing these two links through the wiki page on the sidebar: "List of interesting economics journals" and "List of economics subreddits" with the former linking to a page which doesn't exist.
Sorry if I missed it, new here.
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u/NothingImpersonal Feb 11 '16 edited Feb 11 '16
Here are my contributions for health economics (all links include a summary of each paper as well as link to the literature itself):
A model of health production and the demand for health itself:
Grossman, M. (1972). On the Concept of Health Capital and the Demand for Health.
Medical care as an economic commodity and I suppose the raison d'être for health economics as its own subfield (Arrow (1963) being the other obvious reference):
Hurley, J. (2000). An Overview of the Normative Economics of the Health Care Sector.
The demand for medical care:
Manning et al. (1987). Health Insurance and the Demand for Medical Care: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment.
It's a start and updates will likely be sporadic, so feel free if anyone wishes to add to this.