Melissa Binder
Associate Professor of Economics
Department of Economics
MSC05 3060
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Phone: (505) 277-3548, Fax: (505) 277-9445
Email: mbinder@unm.edu

Ph.D. Columbia University, 1995

Research Interests

Education, child welfare, health, income security and poverty in Latin America and the United States.

Data

March 2002 CPS Data Set for Econ 320 Data Project

Courses

Principles of Macroeconomics (Econ 105)

Principles of Macroeconomics (Econ 105): Syllabus
Principles of Microeconomics (Econ 106): Syllabus
Development Economics (Econ 321): Overview
Latin American Economics (Econ 421): Syllabus
Topics in Latin American Development (Econ 423): Overview, Syllabus
Labor Economics (Econ 427 & 520): Syllabus

Publications

"Incentive Effects of New Mexico's Merit-Based State Scholarship Program: Who Responds and How?" With Philip Ganderton. 2002. In Heller, Donald E. and Patricia Marin, eds. Who Should We Help? The Negative Social Consequences of Merit Scholarships. (Boston: Harvard Civil Rights Project.)

"The Motherhood Wage Penalty Revisited: Experience, Heterogeneity, Work Effort and Work-Schedule Flexibility." With Deborah J. Anderson and Kate Krause. Forthcoming 2002. Industrial and Labor Relations Review.

"The Motherhood Wage Penalty: Which Mothers Pay It and Why?" With Deborah J. Anderson and Kate Krause. 2002. American Economic Review, Papers and Proceedings 92(2): 354-358.

"Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in Schooling: The Case of Mexico." With Christopher Woodruff. 2002. Economic Development and Cultural Change 50(2): 249-267.

"Labor Force Participation and Household Work of Urban School Children in Mexico: Characteristics and Consequences." With David Scrogin. 1999. Economic Development and Cultural Change 48(1): 123-154.

"Community Effects and Desired Schooling of Parents and Children in Mexico." 1999. Economics of Education Review 18: 311-325.

"Trends in Schooling Indicators during Mexico's 'Lost Decade.'" 1999. Economics of Education Review 18: 183-199.

"Family Background, Gender and Schooling Attainment in Mexico." 1998. Journal of Development Studies.


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