Professor T.H. (Tim) Gindling

Professor, Department of Economics
University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250,

Research Fellow, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn, Germany
Visiting Researcher, Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Economicas, University of Costa Rica, San Jose, Costa Rica

Current Research and Publications

Curriculum Vitae 

Recent media interest in my research


For questions and other communications regarding the M. A. in Economic Policy Analysis: econ-masters@umbc.edu
For other messages: gindling@umbc.edu

 ECON102 Principles of Macroeconomics
 
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Syllabus
OLD EXAM #1             PROBLEM SET #1      PROBLEM SET #4     PROBLEM SET #6
OLD EXAM #2             PROBLEM SET #2      PROBLEM SET #5
OLD FINAL EXAM     PROBLEM SET #3

Some good explanations of the origin of the Financial Crisis:

1. George Bush's address to the nation:  video and transcript
2. "The Global Pool of Money Got Too Hungry" from NPR:  Full 55 minute episode    Shorter (13 minute) version  
3. "What Went Wrong" from the Washington Post:
        Part 1: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/10/14/AR2008101403343_pf.html
        Part 2: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121503561.html

ECON 385, Economic Development
Syllabus and reading list
Interesting PBS radio show on the World Bank and recent trends in economic development


ECON611 Advanced Econometric Methods I                                     QUIZES            PROBLEM SETS                FINAL PROJECT
Syllabus                                                                                               quiz 1                ps1.dta (zipped)  
Old Exam 1                                                                                         quiz 2                documentation for ps1.dta
Old Final Exam                                                                                    quiz 3               PROBLEM SET #1
                                                                                                           quiz 4                PROBLEM SET #2
                                                                                                           quiz 5                PROBLEM SET #3
                                                                                                           quiz 6                PROBLEM SET #4
                                                                                                                                    ps5.dta,   crime2.dta,  murder.dta
                                                                                                                                    PROBLEM SET #5
                                                                                                                                    PROBLEM SET #6
                                                                              data set for problem set #6 (FISH.DTA)
                                                                        variables in FISH.DTA (FISH.DES)
USEFUL LARGE DATA SETS (FREE)
Current Population Surveys:  www.bls.census.gov/cps/     
Other large data sets from U. S. government (free)   
Link to National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS): http://www.bls.gov/nls/home.htm 
Household Surveys from other countries (free)--World Bank Living Standards Measurement Project 

International Country-Level Panel Data: Penn World Tables (Summers and Heston), Barro-Lee Data Sets

Link to Stata:
www.stata.com   
Introduction to Stata (.do file)
   
Introduction to Stata (.log file)
   
Using Stata to test hypotheses about regression coefficients (.log file from class)


ECON486/686 TOPICS IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT--INEQUALITY
Syllabus and reading list
 
Data and documentation for problem sets and class

Inequality Measures using quintile data with EXCEL
Inequality Measures using centile data with EXCEL

Problem Set #1
Problem Set #2
Problem Set #3
Problem Set #4
Mid-term Exam
Problem Set #5


The Generalized Inequality Measures Programs

ECON612, Advanced Econometric Methods II
Syllabus and reading list for the first half of the course
Syllabus and reading list for the second half of the course (Marcotte)
Problem sets, problem set answers, STATA programs, and other stuff