Teaching

• Econ 144: Family and Society (undergraduate)
  
  This is an undergraduate field course, developed in AY 2020-21, that builds on my research.
  
  The family into which a child is born plays a powerful role in determining lifetime opportunities. This course applies tools from economics and related social sciences to study how the functioning of families is shaped by laws, social insurance, social norms, and technology. Topics include intergenerational transmission of wealth and health, the importance of the early family environment, partnership formation, cohabitation and marriage, teen pregnancy and contraception, assisted reproduction, Tiger Moms and Helicopter Parenting, and the employment effects of parenthood. In the context of these topics, the course covers social science empirical methods, including regression analysis, causal inference, and quasi-experimental methods. Throughout the course, we think critically about the role of the government and how the design of public policy targeting families affect our ability to solve some of the most important social and economic problems of our time.
  
  Syllabus Winter 2022
  Course Evaluation Winter 2022
  Course Evaluation Winter 2021
  
  This course was taught in AY 2020-21 and AY 2021-22.
  
  



• Econ 242: Public Economics II (graduate)
  
  Course taught jointly with Rebecca Diamond. It is the second field course in Stanford's Public Economics graduate sequence.
  
  The first part of the course concerns health inequality and social insurance. We also explore questions in the intersection of public and family economics such as the unit of taxation and the interaction between social insurance and intra-family insurance. The second half of the course covers local public policy and urban economics, and includes topics such as spatial equilibrium, placed-based policies and housing policy.
  
  This course was taught yearly since AY 2016-17.
  
  



• Econ 300: Third Year Seminar (graduate)
  
  Course taught jointly with Liran Einav. It is a course taken by all third year students in Stanford's PhD program.
  
  The course covers a range of topics that are relevant for students when they transition from the first part of the PhD program (when students take courses) into the third year and beyond, such as presentation skills, and how to write a research paper.
  
  This course was taught in AY 2017-18 and AY 2018-19.