Education

Ph.D. in Economics; Arizona State University; 2007

Dissertation Title:  “Topics in the Cyclical Properties of Labor Market Outcomes.”

Dissertation Committee: 

Professor Richard Rogerson, Rondthaler Professor of Economics, (Chair)

Professor Edward C. Prescott, Nobel Laureate, W.P. Carey Chair in Economics

Professor Berthold Herrendorf

M.S. in Economics; Arizona State University; 2004; earned under maiden name Koenders

B.S. in Economics, University of South Dakota; 2001; University Scholar, With Highest Honors

Honors Thesis Title:  “Measuring External Costs Through Private Property Rights with Dynamic Analysis”

Publications

“Organizational Dynamics Over the Business Cycle: A View on Jobless Recoveries” (Joint with Richard Rogerson)

    Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Review, July/August 2005, 87(4), pp. 555-79.

Working Papers

“On the Needed Amount of Government Debt” with Edward C. Prescott.  Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

    Working Paper No. 648.

Presentations at Professional Meetings

“Long Expansions and Slow Recoveries:  A Closer Look at Employment Fluctuations” 2005 Western Economic

    Association International, Annual Conference.

Research Experience

Fall                   2006    Research Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott

Teaching Experience

Spring              2007    Teaching Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott,

                                    ECN 413:  Honors Advanced Macroeconomics

Summer            2006    Instructor, ECN 315: Money and Banking

Spring              2006    Teaching Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott,

                                    ECN 494:  Honors Advanced Macroeconomics

Fall                   2005    Instructor, ECN 315: Money and Banking

Summer            2005    Instructor, ECN 315: Money and Banking

Spring              2005    Teaching Assistant, Professor Edward C. Prescott,

                                    ECN 494:  Honors Advanced Macroeconomics

Fall                   2004    Instructor, ECN 315: Money and Banking

Summer            2004    Instructor, ECN 315: Money and Banking

Spring              2004    Teaching Assistant, Professor Richard Rogerson,

ECN 713: Macroeconomic Analysis II (Ph.D)

Fall                   2003    Teaching Assistant, Professor Richard Rogerson,

ECN 711: Macroeconomic Analysis I (Ph.D.)

Summer            2003    Teaching Assistant, Professor Elmer Gooding,

                                    ECN 306:  Survey of International Economics

Spring              2003    Teaching Assistant, Professor Timothy James,

                                    ECN 111:  Principles of Macroeconomics

Fall                   2002    Teaching Assistant, Professor John McDowell,

                                    ECN 112:  Principles of Microeconomics

Service to the Department

            Ph.D. student instructor assistance:  guidance and suggestions for new instructors

            Ph.D. student recruiting:  campus visits and correspondence with potential students

Professional Memberships

            American Economic Association, Western Economic Association International

Honors and Awards

2004-2005       “Regents’ Scholar Scholarship”  Arizona State University

2002-2003       “Graduate Academic Scholarship,” Arizona State University

1997-2001       “Rawlins Scholarship,”  University of South Dakota

2000                Beta Gamma Sigma Professional Fraternity, University of South Dakota

E-mail: birkelan.kath@uwlax.edu

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