Professor Shiue's research focuses on the economic history of long-run growth. She studies issues in market development and international trade, examining the long-run impact of the West on the development of institutional forms in China beginning in the nineteenth century. Another area of research is in kinship organization as it relates to intergenerational social mobility and human capital accumulation in pre-modern China.
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Economic History of China, History of Development and Economic Growth, Domestic and International Trade History of China, Education and Social Mobility in Pre-Modern Society, Comparative Economic History
ECON 4534 - Chinese Economic History in Comparative Perspective
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Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Fall 2019 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2024
Surveys the economic history of China in a comparative perspective, to understand the history of economic development in China in terms of existing economic theories of growth. The approximate timeline is from the 18th century to the 20th century.
ECON 4794 - Economic Growth
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Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Fall 2021 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024
Introduces the latest theoretical tools and synthesizes the leading explanations for economic growth processes. We examine investment, inequality, population growth, returns to education, health, technological change, and efficiency. The course also explores how fundamentals of culture, institutions, geography, history, and human characteristics may underlie the differences in comparative economic development across countries.
ECON 4939 - Internship/Seminar
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Fall 2022 / Spring 2023
Offers students the opportunity to integrate theoretical concepts of economics with practical experience in economics-related institutions. The theoretical portion arises from seminars and readings, the practical from activities in organizations related to the economics field. A maximum of 3 credit hours counts toward major requirements. Department consent required.
ECON 8554 - History of Economic Growth - World
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Fall 2024
Examines economic growth over the long run. Topics include the industrial revolution, the demographic transition, the great divergence, the importance of institutional change, the impacts of trade & technology diffusion, and trends in inequality & social mobility. The course highlights the use of economic modeling, the creation of new datasets, and the implementation of empirical analysis for hypothesis testing. The course can be taken independently or in conjunction with 8534 to make a two-semester sequence in economic history. Formerly ECON 8764.
ECON 8764 - History of Economic Development
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Spring 2019 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2023
Covers in historical perspective the causes of economic development including why some areas develop faster than others and why development occurs more rapidly in some eras than others.
