Laura Caron

Laura Caron

PhD Student in Economics at Columbia University

She/her
laura.caron@columbia.edu

Resources

Resources for Students in Economics & Related Fields
Association for Mentoring & Inclusion in Economics
AMIE
An opportunity for PhD students to match with mentors. Next call for mentees in early 2022.
Research in Color Foundation
Research in Color
An opportunity for students considering an economics PhD to match with mentors and complete a research project. Next call for mentees in September.
C-FEM: Cross Generational Femxle Economist Mentorship Program
Mentoring opportunities especially for econ students and economists of marginalized genders.
Free and low cost resources for graduate students, postdocs, and early career researchers (or really anyone else)
Jaclyn A. Siegel
Research Resources
Library of Statistical Techniques (LOST)
Nick Huntington-Klein
A wiki for statistical techniques and how to implement them in various softwares.
Resources for Learning R
Elizabeth Pinney, @Liz_Pinney
Guides, videos, tutorials, apps, and exercises for learning R.
ResearchRabbit
Tool for using AI for literature reviews.
Diversifying Economics Seminars - Speakers List
Committee on the Status of Minority Groups in the Economics Profession
How to make a regression model
@nickchk on Twitter
A flowchart with rules-of-thumb for what variables to include in a regression.
Accessibility & Inclusivity Resources
How to Write an Image Description
Alex Chen, UX Collective
A how-to on writing image descriptions.
Tips for Writing Image Descriptions
@whykristenburns on Twitter
Tips for writing image descriptions for social media
Disability Language Style Guide
National Center on Disability and Journalism
Guidelines for writing about disability targeted at journalists but useful for all writers.
Teaching Resources
Finding Economic Articles with Data and Specific Empirical Methods
Sebastian Kranz
App for finding articles that use a specific methodology for creating exercises or teaching examples.
Gender Isn't Binary But Other Data Are!
Bryan D Martin
R package with data sources with examples of binary variables in datasets.
Course Evaluations: Concerns with Gender and Racial Bias
Rebecca J. Kreitzer
A list of research on bias in course evaluations.
Tips for Mentoring Students
@DaveASiegel on Twitter
Tips for beginning to mentor students
Course Materials Available Online
Remote Student Exchange
Courses currently offered for students to audit remotely.
Program Evaluation for International Development
Pamela Jakiela
"This is the website for Professor Pamela Jakiela’s ECON 379/523 at Williams College, Program Evaluation for International Development. The course is intended for advanced undergraduates majoring in economics and masters students at the Center for Development Economics."
Text as Data Class for Spring 2021
Arthur Spirling
The lectures and materials from Arthur Spirling's Text as Data class at NYU DS.
Applied Empirical Methods
Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham
Course videos and materials for PhD level applied econometrics methods.
Hidden Curriculum Salons
Elena Barham and Colleen Wood
A series of slides from workshops outlining the hidden curriculum in graduate school, especially in political science.