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).

 Birkeland, K., Arney, J. The Wisconsin Covenant:  A Closer Look at Participants, Access, and Redistribution in Higher Education. Forthcoming in State and Local Government Review 43(1).

 Birkeland, K., Prescott, E. On the Needed Quantity of Government Debt. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Quarterly Review (November 2007), 2-15.

 Koenders, K., Rogerson, R. Organizational Dynamics Over the Business Cycle: A View on Jobless Recoveries. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review (July/August 2005),87(4), 555-79. (published under my maiden name)

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