2012 China Multigenerational Panel Data Summer Class

China Multigenerational Panel Data (CMGPD) 2012 Summer Training Workshop

Institute on the History and Society of Northeast China
School of the Humanities
Shanghai Jiaotong University
Shanghai, China

July 6, 2012 – July 20, 2012

Subject to revision.  Please check back on a regular basis for changes.

POLICIES

• Attendance at all lectures and recitation sections is required.  Unexcused absences may be grounds for immediate dismissal.
• Completion of all assignments is required.
• Participants must bring their own laptop, and have STATA installed and the CMGPD-LN downloaded at the beginning of class.
• If you already have experience working with a statistical package other than STATA, you may use it instead of STATA.  However, we may not be able to provide much assistance if you have difficulties.
• Lectures will be in English.  The teaching assistants and I all speak Chinese, however.

REQUIRED READING
Please read the following BEFORE class begins

• CMGPD-Liaoning User Guide, Version 2.04
• CMGPD-Shuancheng User Guide.  Version 1.00.  Coming soon!

RECOMMENDED READING

These may be useful for participants who have less prior experience in demography, STATA, and other elements of the class.

• Haupt, Arthur and Thomas T. Kane.  2004.  Population Handbook.  5th Edition.  Washington: Population Reference Bureau is a straightforward introduction to the basic demographic rates and indices, intended for a non-technical audience.
• STATA learning modules at the UCLA Academic Technology Services site are a valuable resource for anyone who has not yet learned how to work with STATA.

DETAILED SCHEDULE (Links to shared spreadsheet with topics, assignments and readings by day)