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HideGeorge Alter
Henry Ford Community College
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Activities (2)
Family Economy of 19th-Century Industrial Workers part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Undergraduate Research:Examples
This activity teaches students how to formulate research questions and perform empirical analysis. Students analyse family budgets from late 19th-century industrial workers.
Research on Economics of Population part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:Teaching Methods:Undergraduate Research:Examples
Research paper on the economics of population using international census data.
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George Alter part of Starting Point: Teaching and Learning Economics:About this Project:Project Participants
This is a faculty profile page for George Alter, a Research Professor in Population Studies at the University of Michigan and Associate Director at ICPSR, detailing his background in economic history and historical demography, his leadership in social science data archives, and his pedagogical initiatives promoting quantitative literacy through NSF- and NIH-funded projects like TeachingWithData.org and longitudinal data analysis workshops.