Kathryn Birkeland, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics
Where can you find me?
403 T Carl Wimberly Hall
Email:
birkelan.kath@uwlax.edu
Phone: (608) 785-5296
Fax: (608) 785-8549
Office Hours:
Tuesday: 10:30am -
11:30am, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Wednesday: 8:00pm - 9:00pm Virtual office
hours on EagleApps Chat
Thursday: 1:00pm - 2:30pm
or by mutually convenient appointment
Education:
Ph.D., Economics, Arizona State University, 2007
M.S., Economics, Arizona State University, 2004
B.S., Business Administration and Economics,
University of South
Dakota, 2001
Courses Taught:
ECO 120 Global Macroeconomics
ECO 301 Money and Banking
ECO 305 Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis
Current Research:
Macroeconomics, Financing Higher Education and the Wisconsin Covenant, Employment Fluctuations Over the Business Cycle
Publications:
Anderson, D., Birkeland, K.,
Giddings, L. Employee Opinion on Work-Family Benefits:
Evidence from the U.S.. Forthcoming in New Zealand
Journal of Employment Relations, 34(3).
Presentations:
The Wisconsin Covenant: A Closer Look at
Participants, Access, and Redistribution in Higher Education
2009 Midwest Economic Association Annual Conference Procyclical Productivity with Fiscal Shocks 2008 Midwest
Economic Association Annual Conference
Long Expansions and Slow Recoveries: A Closer Look at
Employment Fluctuations 2005 Western Economic
Association International, Annual Conference.
last updated September 7, 2010