This collection includes the 2007 edition of the Course Outline for the Labor Economics course Info 7470.

*Session*	Date (mm/dd) 2007	*Topic*
1a	1/25	Introduction
1b	1/25	Data Everywhere
LAB 1	1/26-1/31	Finding Sources, Documents, and Data
2a	2/1	Public and Private Data Collection in the U.S., and the U.S. Statistical Infrastructure
2b	2/1	Confidentiality, Privacy and the Ethics of Social Data
LAB 2	2/2-7	Going From Public Use to Underlying Data
3a	2/8	Household Surveys: American Community Survey Guest speaker: Warren Brown, Cornell University
3b	2/8	Household Surveys: American Community Survey Guest speaker: Warren Brown, Cornell University
No LAB	2/9-14
4a	2/15	Populations and Sampling Frames
4b	2/15	Sampling Frame Maintenance
LAB 4	2/16-2/21	Basic Statistical Tools
5a	2/22	Canadian Statistical Infrastructure Guest speaker: Gustave Goldmann, Statistics Canada
5b	2/22	International Statistical Infrastructure
LAB 5	2/23-2/28	Comparing Economic Data from Official Sources
6a	3/1	Using the Economic Census and Business Register Guest speaker: Jim Davis, U.S. Census Bureau
6b	3/1	Using Census Business Data Guest speaker: Wayne Gray, Clark University and NBER
LAB 6	3/2-3/7	Using Data from Business and Household Censuses
7a	3/8	Analyzing Frames and Samples with Missing Data
7b	3/8	General Methods for Missing Data
LAB 7	3/9-3/14	Probabilistic Cross Walks and Industry Data
8a	3/15	Using Census Economic Surveys to build National Accounts I Guest speaker: Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis
8b	3/15	Using Census Economic Surveys to build National Accounts II Guest speaker: Brent Moulton, Bureau of Economic Analysis
LAB 8	3/16-3/28	Missing Data Analysis Using Multiple Imputation
9a	3/29	Multiple Imputation I
9b	3/29	Multiple Imputation II
LAB 9	3/30-4/4	Missing Data Analysis Using Multiple Imputation or Synthetic Census Data
10a	4/5	Probabilistic Record Linking Speaker: Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University
10b	4/5	Applications of Record Linking Speaker: Lars Vilhuber, Cornell University
LAB 10	4/6-4/11	Record Linking
11a	4/12	Statistical Tools for Data Integration
11b	4/12	Modeling Integrated Data
LAB 11	4/13-4/18	Modeling Integrated Data
12a	4/19	Methods of Confidentiality Protection Guest speakers: Jean-Louis Tambay, (Statistics Canada), Arnold Reznek (Census Bureau)
12b	4/19	Recent Advances in Confidentiality Protection
LAB 12	4/20-4/25	Synthetic Economic Data
13a	4/26	Data Quality Issues in the Decennial Census Guest speaker: Sanders Korenman, Baruch College
13b	4/26	Introduction to the Census RDC Proposal Application ProcessGuest speaker: Rosemary Hyson, U.S. Census Bureau- NYC RDC
LAB 13	4/27-5/3	Preliminary Proposals and Predominant Purpose Statements
LAB 14	5/5-5/12	Take Home Exam
14a	5/10	Introduction to the Census RDC Proposal Application Process (continued) Guest speaker: Rosemary Hyson, U.S. Census Bureau- NYC RDC

Session 12 - Lab 12 - Synthetic Economic Data