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William Edward Becker Jr.

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First Name: William
Middle Name: Edward
Last Name: Becker
Suffix: Jr.

RePEc Short-ID: pbe156

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Working papers

  1. Becker, William E. & Greene, William H. & Siegfried, John J., 2009. "Does Teaching Load Affect Faculty Size?," IZA Discussion Papers 3996, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  2. Becker, William E. & Round, David K., 2009. "'The' Market for Higher Education: Does It Really Exist?," IZA Discussion Papers 4092, Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). [Downloadable!]

  3. Becker, W. & Rosen, S., 1990. "The Learning Effect Of Assessment And Evaluation In High School," University of Chicago - Economics Research Center 90-7, Chicago - Economics Research Center.
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Articles

  1. Georg Schaur & Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 2008. "Assessment Practices and Trends in Undergraduate Economics Courses," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 98(2), pages 552-56, May. [Downloadable!]

  2. Michael Watts & William E. Becker, 2008. "A Little More than Chalk and Talk: Results from a Third National Survey of Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics Courses," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 39(3), pages 273-286. [Downloadable!]

  3. William E. Becker & Peter E. Kennedy, 2006. "The Influence of Teaching on Research in Economics," Southern Economic Journal, Southern Economic Association, vol. 72(3), pages 747-759, January.

  4. Becker, William E., 2006. "P. Teixeira, B. Jongbloed, D. Dill and A. Amaral, Editors, Markets in Higher Education: Rhetoric or Reality?, Kluwer, Dordrecht, The Netherlands (2004) (354pp. (hb). Address: Kluwer Publishers, POB 17," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 25(6), pages 679-681, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  5. Becker, William E., 2005. "In: Richard P. Chait, Editors, The Questions of Tenure, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA (2002) pp. 334+xii, Price $35.00 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 24(2), pages 237-239, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  6. William E. Becker & William H. Greene, 2005. "Using the Nobel Laureates in Economics to Teach Quantitative Methods," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 36(3), pages 261-277. [Downloadable!]

  7. William E. Becker & Peter E. Kennedy, 2005. "Does Teaching Enhance Research in Economics?," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 95(2), pages 172-176, May. [Downloadable!]

  8. William E. Becker, 2004. "Economics for a Higher Education," International Review of Economic Education, Economics Network, University of Bristol, vol. 3(1), pages 52-62. [Downloadable!]

  9. Cynthia L. Harter & William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2004. "Changing Incentives and Time Allocations for Academic Economists: Results from 1995 and 2000 National Surveys," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 35(1), pages 89-97. [Downloadable!]

  10. Becker, William E., 2004. "Good-byE old, hello new in teaching economics," Australasian Journal of Economics Education (AJEE), University of Queensland, School of Economics, vol. 1(1), pages 5-17, March. [Downloadable!]

  11. William B. Walstad & William E. Becker, 2003. "The Instructional Use and Teaching Preparation of Graduate Students in U.S. Ph.D.-Granting Economics Departments," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 93(2), pages 449-454, May. [Downloadable!]

  12. Becker, William E., 2002. "Teaching Quantitative Methods in Economics: Alternatives to Theorem and Proof and Chalk and Talk," Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP), Queensland University of Technology (QUT), School of Economics and Finance, vol. 32(2), pages 159-180, June Spec. [Downloadable!]

  13. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2001. "Teaching Methods in U.S. Undergraduate Economics Courses," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 32(3), pages 269-279. [Downloadable!]

  14. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 2001. "Teaching Economics at the Start of the 21st Century: Still Chalk-and-Talk," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 91(2), pages 446-451, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  15. William E. Becker & William H. Greene, 2001. "Teaching Statistics and Econometrics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 15(4), pages 169-182, Fall. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  16. Becker, William E. & Powers, John R., 2001. "Student performance, attrition, and class size given missing student data," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 20(4), pages 377-388, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  17. William E. Becker, 2000. "Teaching Economics in the 21st Century," Journal of Economic Perspectives, American Economic Association, vol. 14(1), pages 109-119, Winter. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  18. Kim Sosin & William E. Becker, 2000. "Online Teaching Resources: A New Journal Section," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 31(1), pages 3-7. [Downloadable!]

  19. William E. Becker, 1999. "Turning Merit Scores into Salaries," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 30(4), pages 420-426. [Downloadable!]

  20. Becker, William E & Johnston, Carol, 1999. "The Relationship between Multiple Choice and Essay Response Questions in Assessing Economics Understanding," The Economic Record, The Economic Society of Australia, vol. 75(231), pages 348-57, December.

  21. Cynthia Lay Harter & William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 1999. "Who Teaches with More Than Chalk and Talk?," Eastern Economic Journal, Eastern Economic Association, vol. 25(3), pages 343-356, Summer. [Downloadable!]

  22. Arnold Katz & William E. Becker, 1999. "Technology and the Teaching of Economics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 30(3), pages 194-199. [Downloadable!]

  23. William E. Becker & Michael Watts, 1999. "How Departments of Economics Evaluate Teaching," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 89(2), pages 344-349, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  24. William E. Becker, 1998. "Standards and Testing: Another View," Journal of Economic Education, Helen Dwight Reid Foundation, vol. 29(2), pages 183-186. [Downloadable!]

  25. Becker, William E, 1998. "Engaging Students in Quantitative Analysis with Short Case Examples from the Academic and Popular Press," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 88(2), pages 480-86, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  26. William E. Becker, 1997. "Teaching Economics to Undergraduates," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 35(3), pages 1347-1373, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  27. Becker, William E., 1996. "Paying the piper: Productivity, incentives, and financing in U.S. higher education : Edited by , and . Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 1993. 335 pp. Price: U.S.$31.60 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 15(4), pages 445-446, October. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  28. Becker, William E & Watts, Michael, 1996. "Chalk and Talk: A National Survey on Teaching Undergraduate Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 86(2), pages 448-53, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  29. Becker, William E., 1995. "Studies of supply and demand in higher Education : and (eds). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993, 294 pp. $45.00 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(1), pages 93-95, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  30. Becker, William E & Watts, Michael, 1995. "Teaching Tools: Teaching Methods in Undergraduate Economics," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 33(4), pages 692-700, October.

  31. Becker, William E. & Toutkoushian, Robert K., 1995. "The measurement and cost of removing unexplained gender differences in faculty salaries," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 14(3), pages 209-220, September. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  32. Walstad, William B & Becker, William E, 1994. "Achievement Differences on Multiple-Choice and Essay Tests in Economics," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 84(2), pages 193-96, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  33. Becker, William E. & Rosen, Sherwin, 1992. "The learning effect of assessment and evaluation in high school," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 11(2), pages 107-118, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  34. Becker, William, et al, 1991. "An Agenda for Research on Economic Education in Colleges and Universities," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 81(2), pages 26-31, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  35. Becker, William & Goodman, Rebecca, 1991. "The semilogarithmic earnings equation and its use in assessing salary discrimination in academe," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 10(4), pages 323-332, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  36. Becker, William E & Greene, William & Rosen, Sherwin, 1990. "Research on High School Economic Education," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 80(2), pages 14-22, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  37. Becker, William E & Walstad, William B, 1990. "Data Loss from Pretest to Posttest as a Sample Selection Problem," The Review of Economics and Statistics, MIT Press, vol. 72(1), pages 184-88, February. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  38. Becker, William E., 1988. "Assessing personnel practices in higher education: A misleading note of caution," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 7(4), pages 445-449, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  39. Becker, William E, 1987. "Teaching Statistical Methods to Undergraduate Economics Students," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 77(2), pages 18-23, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  40. Becker, William E. & Williams, Arlington W., 1986. "Assessing personnel practices in higher education: A case study in the hiring of females," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 5(3), pages 265-272, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  41. Becker, William Jr, 1985. "Financing higher education : Edited by John C. Hoy and Melvin H. Bernstein. Boston, MA: Auburn House Publishing, 1982. pp. 200 + xx. Price: U.S.$19.95 (cloth)," Economics of Education Review, Elsevier, vol. 4(2), pages 153-155, April. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  42. Becker, William E, Jr, 1982. "The Educational Process and Student Achievement Given Uncertainty in Measurement," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 72(1), pages 229-36, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  43. Becker, William E, Jr & Morey, Mathew J, 1980. "Pooled Cross-Section, Time-Series Evaluation:," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 70(2), pages 35-40, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  44. Becker, William E, Jr, 1979. "Professorial Behavior Given a Stochastic Reward Structure," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 69(5), pages 1010-17, December. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  45. Lewis, Darrell R & Becker, William E, Jr, 1976. "The Teacher Training Program for New Ph.D.s," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 66(2), pages 229-33, May. [Downloadable!] (restricted)

  46. Becker, William E, Jr, 1975. "Determinants of the United States Currency-Demand Deposit Ratio," Journal of Finance, American Finance Association, vol. 30(1), pages 57-74, March. [Downloadable!] (restricted)


NEP Fields

2 papers by this author were announced in
NEP, and specifically in the following field reports (number of papers):
  1. NEP-EDU: Education (2) 2009-02-28 2009-04-13 Author is listed
  2. NEP-LAB: Labour Economics (1) 2009-04-13 Author is listed

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